Four of the promising new industries that can help us face climate change: hydro, solar, wind and geothermal (Photo: State Dept.).
Climate Change Is an Opportunity to Dramatically Reinvent the Economy
The Atlantic
By Hamza Shaban
Hamza Shaban for The Atlantic describes how sustainable practices to curb climate change could also lead to a new way companies across the world do business. Though some changes may be hard, the end result could save the planet.
Whoever Saves a Life
Medium
By Matthieu Aikins
Through vivid details and powerful photographs, Mattieu Aikins writes for Medium the moving story about the last of Syria’s first responders, those who still seek to protect the innocent from the bloodshed all around them.
All the Ayatollah’s Men
Foreign Policy
By Phillip Smyth
The Sunni extremist group that’s laid claim to large swathes of land in Iraq and Syria has grabbed headlines for months because of their violence. But Phillip Smyth makes the case that unregulated Shiite groups in Iraq, in response to ISIS’s brutality, have started using some of the same tactics.
Norway the Slow Way
The New York Times
By Reif Larsen
In a beautifully presented piece, Reif Larsen tells his motivations and adventure through what he described as, “the world’s most beautiful voyage.” Through his journey, he learns about his families’ past and the land of the ever-elusive midnight sun.
We Shouldn’t Forget Liberalism’s Religious Roots
The New Republic
By David Marquand
With history as a guideline, David Marquand for The New Republic discusses how liberalism as it’s known today began centuries ago and its close ties to religion and the belief in the individual.
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The Continuation of a Failed Policy Analysis on Iraq and Syria by Richard Basas
Candid Discussions: Mark Dubowitz on Iranian Nuclear Negotiations by Reza Akhlaghi
Northern Winds Upset Hungary’s “Illiberal Revolution” by Mark Varga
