The Human-Rights Imperative
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The Internal Challenge to Afghanistan’s Ban on Girls’ Secondary Education
The Internal Challenge to Afghanistan’s Ban on Girls’ Secondary Education
Gordon Brown explains why the country’s leadership crisis represents an opportunity to end gender apartheid. -
Future-Proofing Social Protection
Future-Proofing Social Protection
Florian Juergens-Grant & Luca Pellerano explain why employers’ contributions should be determined by capital intensity, not just labor stock. -
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Let Afghan Women Lead
Let Afghan Women Lead
Palwasha Hassan & Shafiqa Khpalwak urge the international community to support some of the world's most repressed yet tenacious people. -
The World Must Rally Around Algeria’s Hunger Artist
The World Must Rally Around Algeria’s Hunger Artist
Jean-Michel Blanquer calls for global solidarity with the writer Boualem Sansal, unjustly detained and dying for freedom. -
“America First” in Action
“America First” in Action
Peter Singer assesses the damage Donald Trump has already done to long-term US interests since returning to the White House. -
The Case for Abolishing Nuclear Weapons
The Case for Abolishing Nuclear Weapons
Melissa Parke calls for eliminating arsenals to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
Texas’s Online Age-Verification Law Must Be Overturned
Texas’s Online Age-Verification Law Must Be Overturned
Lilian Coral & Prem Trivedi urge the US Supreme Court to protect internet users from legislation posing new privacy and security risks. -
An Injustice That Biden Can Still Set Right
An Injustice That Biden Can Still Set Right
Helen Prejean urges the outgoing president to pardon six men who were wrongly convicted in a high-profile 1984 murder case.
