Friday, May 24th, 2013
Politics
North Korea Fires Missiles for Three Consecutiv...
North Korea fired six missiles into waters beyond its east coast over three consecutive days beginning May 18, according to the South Korean Ministry of National Defense. Speculation that the missiles…
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- Russia Looks to Achieve Peace in Syria While Arming the Assad Regime in Syria
- After the May 11th Elections, What's in Store for Pakistan?
- Local Elections, Continental Trends: UKIP's Impressive Showing in British Elections
- A Look Back at the Boston Marathon Bombing Manhunt
- Famine: Is the World Used to Somalian Suffering?
Commerce
Income Inequality Undermines Economic Recovery
An Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report released last week found that the global economic and financial crisis deepened social inequality. The report found that after ta…
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- Rigging Rates: The banking scandal of Libor and, now, ISDAfix
- Euro Crisis: Is There A Way Out For Cyprus?
- Bitcoin: Virtual Currency Facing Reality of Public Doubt and Financial Crises
- Britain’s Small Businesses: Propping up the Economy
- US Congress on the Verge of Ending Too-Big-to-Fail, or Politics as Usual?
Environment
Music Festivals: A Stage for Environmentalism
Recent years have witnessed a growing convergence between the expanding music festival scene and environmental activism surrounding the issues these festivals can give rise to. This development has fo…
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- Gloom for Keystone XL: Is Arkansas Oil Spill a Taste of Things to Come?
- US Forest Service Struggles to Manage Wildfires After Sequestration
- US Experts Say Climate Change is Threat to National Security
- Record Breaking Pollution and Cancer Villages Plague China's Industrial Success
- Fracking, PR, and the Greening of Gas
Health
Questioning the Necessity of GM Labeling
Although the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the American Medical Association have confirmed that there are no proven negative health consequences associated with consuming genetically modified…
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- Antibiotic Armageddon: Modern Medicine on the Edge of the Abyss
- New Research, Recurring Concerns: The Use of Stem Cells in HIV Treatment
- The Drive to Win: Both Coaches and Players Guilty of Overlooking the Threat of Concussions
- TSA Removes X-Ray Body Scanners From Major US Airports
- Why Patients Don't Report Medical Errors
Culture
Afghanistan’s Opium Industry Flourishes as Fore...
Afghanistan continues to be the world’s largest producer of opium, constituting about ninety percent of the illegal global supply, despite a poppy blight in 2010 that severely reduced crops. Whi…
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Rights
The Stateless Rohingya: A Humanitarian Crisis i...
A humanitarian crisis in Burma (formally Myanmar) presents a challenge for the international community. While recent democratic reforms in the Southeast Asian nation have led to the lifting of decades…
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- Collapse of Bangladesh Garment Factory a Wake-up Call for Western Retailers
- The Guantanamo Hunger Strike: Is There Still Hope for President Obama?
- The Future of 'Ag Gag' Laws: Activism Versus Industry
- Is There Hope for Women's Rights in Post-Assad Syria?
- Afghanistan’s Declining Human Rights Crisis Further Threatened