Social media is playing an invaluable tool for cross-border communities. It can mobilize thousands of users to create a more reliable way to share their experiences and report their bridge wait times. Continue Reading
Michel Temer is now the official president of Brazil until the end of the term in 2018. Temer is no one’s favorite. But despite his wide unpopularity, most Brazilians seemed to believe that anyone would be better than Rousseff. Continue Reading
The McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy provides policymakers, scholars and the general public with comprehensive analyses of the issues that affect entrepreneurship and innovation at three levels: federal and state policy,… Continue Reading
Morocco serves as one of many examples of how politics, religion and patriarchal traditions affect the way women achieve empowerment in the Middle East and North Africa region. However, this complicated reality has not kept women throughout the country from pushing for gender equality. Continue Reading
Though organ donation is not a solution to disparate health outcomes among racial groups in the U.S., promoting donor registration among racial minority groups would be a start toward addressing this gap. Continue Reading
Jill Stein’s prospects for victory are nonexistent. However, an improved performance by Stein would be positive for the Green Party in two principal ways. Continue Reading
Had the coup attempt in Turkey succeeded, the United States would have been placed in an excruciating position. In principle, we oppose military coups; in practice, we have a long history of making common cause with military autocrats if we believe it to be conducive to the advancement of our national interests. Continue Reading