Venezuela’s economic crisis can mean almost certain death for the poor and sick. Since the death in 2013 of the charismatic and controversial Hugo Chávez after 14 years as Venezuelan president, his acolyte and successor, Nicolás Maduro, has...
Within the first five months in the White House, the Trump administration has begun to degrade the US stance on human rights. Even before President Donald Trump took the oath of office in January 2017, Human Rights Watch (HRW) declared him...
The World Health Organization estimates that approximately 35% of the pharmaceutical market in the Middle East could be illicit. Not so long ago, Médecins Sans Frontières made a shocking discovery in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Hundreds of...
Instead of going to university to simply get a degree and a well-paid job, students must learn to seek knowledge for the sake of learning. When I recently returned home to Indonesia, I heard about some universities giving “fake” diplomas or...
Education is pushed to the margins in the modern economy’s sophisticated models. No political candidate, pundit or social scientist will talk about the future of our civilization without emphasizing the vital importance of education. A vast...
