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Bet on a Brown and Green America

A sustainability expert ties our future to clean energy.
05/21/2012
Kenyans Sweep London Marathon - Just months ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, Kenyans Wilson Kipsang and Mary Keitany sprinted to victory at the London Marathon Sunday. Kipsang, the second-fastest marathon runner ever, won the 26.2-mile race for the first time, and Keitany defended her title, winning in 2 hours, 18 minutes and 37 seconds.(Photo: REUTERS/Eddie Keogh )

World Lens — Week in Review: April 24

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FYI: Van Jones to Speak at Green Festival NYC

This year is the 42nd anniversary of Earth Day.
04/20/2012
Some Nations Avoid Transparency - Despite conventional wisdom that increased government transparency will aid nations in ensuring equitable distribution of oil revenues, many nations are not even considering the prospect. In lieu of putting their cards on the table, some nations are taking their chances with Soverign Wealth Funds.The funds are massive, state-held investment funds — like a 401(k) for a country. The fund invests the oil money in a range of different assets, but it doesn’t invest the money at home, shielding the funds from the economic instability of the local market. (Photo: REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny)

Africa's Oil: A Blessing or a Curse?

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Education - Barack Obama: Obama’s Education Department has instituted the Race to the Top competitive grant program to encourage school districts to create innovative ways to ensure that students graduate from high school college- or career-ready. The administration also has restructured and expanded federal financial aid programs.Newt Gingrich: Gingrich supports the Obama administration’s Race to the Top program, but says he would “dramatically shrink” the Education Department and eliminate most of its regulations.Mitt Romney: Romney favors No Child Left Behind’s federal accountability standards and has reversed an earlier position that would shutter the Education Department.Rick Santorum: Santorum proposes a “significantly” smaller Education Department. He also believes that early-childhood education programs are an attempt by government to “indoctrinate” children.(Photo: MIKE BROWN/Reuters)

Presidential Candidates on the Issues

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Haiti Empowers Rural Residents With Solar Kits - Thousands of rural Haitian households may soon have access to electricity through the distribution of low-cost loans that will be used to purchase solar energy kits under a new plan announced by Haiti’s president, Michel Martelly.(Photo: REUTERS/Swoan Parker)

Haiti Empowers Rural Residents With Solar Kits

Martelly hopes to bring electricity to remote regions.
01/24/2012

President Obama Releases First Campaign Television Ad

Obama defends record on clean energy and jobs in first ad.
01/19/2012
U.S. Vows to Promote Gay Rights Abroad - This year, the Obama administration directed all federal agencies engaged abroad to ensure that U.S. diplomacy and foreign assistance promote and protect the human rights of LGBT persons. “The struggle to end discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons is a global challenge, and one that is central to the United States’s commitment to promoting human rights,” the president said.(Photo: EPA/KRISTOFFER TRIPPLAAR/POOL/Landov)

Global Fight for Rights 2011: The Year in Human Rights

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Shell Oil Spill Off Nigeria Likely Worst in Decade - An oil spill near the coast of Nigeria is likely the worst to hit those waters in a decade, a government official said Thursday, as slicks from the Royal Dutch Shell PLC spill approached the country's southern shoreline. (Photo: George Esiri/Landov)

World Lens: Week in Review — Dec. 27

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Jamaica to Reduce AIDS Discrimination With Amendments - Just in time for World AIDS Day 2011, Jamaica announced that amendments will be made to the Public Health Order to remove provisions that discriminate against people with HIV/AIDS.(Photo: ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP/Getty Images)

World Lens: Week in Review — Dec. 6

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Q&A With Environmental Activist Majora Carter

Majora Carter talks the urban environmentalist movement.
04/21/2011