While many Sierra Leoneans are relieved to see Taylor finally convicted for his destructive role in their country’s brutal civil war, his wanton destabilization elsewhere in West Africa hardly figured in the criminal proceedings against him.

One year after the killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan on May 2, things are far from settled in that part of the world.

Twenty years have passed since the verdict in the Rodney King beating case, and yet the problems of police brutality and racial profiling remain with us.

President Obama left the summit in Latin America with Washington more isolated than ever before.

This Earth Day, as we grapple with the reality of climate change, we can take heart in the initiatives that many women are taking to overcome it.