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Sociology
How welfare failed millions
Published Aug 23, 2016
Welfare now less responsive to families who need it, drives people to live on 'virtually nothing,' poverty expert Kathy Edin says
Bioethics
Baby, it's hot outside
Published Aug 19, 2016
Bioethicist Travis Rieder discusses the morality of having children in the age of global warming / NPR
A group of children dressed in black dresses and draped in white head scarves sit in a classroom
Commentary
A rare success story for Afghanistan
Published Aug 18, 2016
Investments in education system paying off for Afghanistan, SAIS visiting scholar Rohullah Osmani writes / The Diplomat
A young mother smiles and hugs her baby in Nairobi.
Maternal health
In Kenya, a different path
Published Aug 18, 2016
Jhpiego helps Nairobi youth set up small businesses, avoid crimes that target pregnant women / ONE
Two woman pose for a selfie taken with a camera with a bear case.
Rio Olympics
North Korea's 'sports diplomacy'
Published Aug 16, 2016
SAIS visiting scholar on the fate of North Korean Olympians who return home without medals / BBC News
Donald Trump shrugs at podium at Phoenix rally
Election 2016
Who founded ISIS? It's complicated
Published Aug 12, 2016
SAIS Dean Vali Nasr links rise of Islamic terror group to sectarian conflict in Iraq, 2003 U.S. invasion / The Huffington Post
Election 2016
How secure are our votes?
Published Aug 9, 2016
Computer security experts discuss vulnerability of voting machines, rolls in wake of recent DNC hack
Illustration of someone holding phone, playing Pokémon Go
Get up and go
Pandemic or prescription?
Published Aug 4, 2016
A public health perspective on the Pokémon Go gaming craze, which has tens of millions talking—and walking / Global Health NOW
Commentary
Conservation complication
Published Aug 2, 2016 Video
Efforts to reduce water use in agriculture could end up having the opposite effect, JHU expert writes / Bloomberg View
National security
To brief, or not to brief
Published Aug 2, 2016
Former acting CIA director, SAIS faculty member discusses importance of briefing presidential candidates / NPR