Human Rights 
Divided Country Sobers Up to Go to the Polls(0)
It’s an unusually quiet Saturday night in Colombia’s capital Bogotá. As has become tradition in this country, the ley seca, or “dry law,” was put in effect Friday at 6 p.m., making it illegal to sell alcohol in shops, bars and restaurants until after Sunday’s election for congress.
Video: ICT and Development Panel
The ICT and development panel showcased several underlying themes of Policy Making in the Digital Age: the diverse range of applications of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in international affairs, the speed at which new technology is disrupting traditional practices, and the challenges that this (r)evolution poses for policy makers, citizens, business people and practitioners.
SIPA invaded by Noam Chomsky
Hundreds of students descended on SIPA on December 4 to hear famed MIT professor Noam Chomsky deliver the Edwards Said Memorial Lecture on “The Unipolar Moment and the Culture of Imperialism.”
How to stop Uganda’s anti-gay bill
In the past, I’ve begged my government to increase its support to military efforts in northern Uganda. It hasn’t helped. Now, I think we have a chance to do something good with that money: cut it off, and don’t give it back until the country’s anti-gay bill is dead.
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- Israeli-Palestinian Clash: Who is Winning the PR War?
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- Goma Revisited: My experience as a Rwandan refugee in Goma
- UN on Hunger: “We have to listen to the people who matter”
- Cuba, Dominican Republic Foresee Political Change in Latin America
- Columbia Professor Bellovin Speaks Out Against U.N. Agency’s Work to Limit Internet Anonymity
- “Anti-Chinese” is Propaganda
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- Canada Rolls Over: The Politics of Human Rights
- With Liberty and Justice for All (wink, wink) – Mukasey and Waterboarding
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- Talking Torture
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