Oct 4, 2018 | North America, United Nations
Barbara Crossette Senior Consulting Editor and Writer for PassBlue and The Nation The UN audience could only gasp when Donald Trump made his stormy debut in the United Nations General Assembly in 2017 as president of the United States. This year they laughed in his...
Oct 4, 2018 | North America, United Nations
Laura E. Kirkpatrick Editor, Writer and Researcher for PassBlue Can a rebuttal happen before an event occurs? United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres took pre-emptive strikes against President Donald Trump in his speech at the opening session of the 72nd...
Sep 19, 2018 | Essay & Opinion, United Nations, World Politics
Etienne Bowie Administrative Director, Democratic World Federalists People-Centered Multilateralism: Report on the 67th DPI NGO Conference On August 21st, leaders of over 300 Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) and national representatives from over 100 countries...
Sep 8, 2018 | World Peace, Writing & Literature
Dr. Bob Hanson Dr. Bob Hanson We all need a role model, hero, or mentor. I have had several very important ones in my life. One of them died recently, a woman named Mary Harris. Mary passed-on just 49 days short of her 101st birthday. I served with Mary on the board...
Sep 8, 2018 | De-Nuclearization, Essay & Opinion
Glen T. Martin Earth Federation Movement The global climate is unraveling at rates far beyond the predictions of scientists. The studies are so common by this date, and the scientific evidence so pervasive going back at least half a century, that there is no need to...