Sep 18, 2017
countries to pursue weapons of mass destruction, yet morally acceptable for others to rely on them for security—and indeed to continue to refine their capacities and postulate plans for their use.” Mohamed ElBaradei was head of the International Atomic Energy Agency,...
Sep 18, 2017
Jimmy Carter was the 39th president of the United States (1977-81). Today he is widely considered one of the greatest ex-presidents in American history. On March 26, 1979, in a ceremony in Washington, Egypt and Israel formally sign a peace treaty ending 31 years of...
Sep 18, 2017
Kailash Satyarthi is an Indian children’s rights and education advocate and an activist against child labour. In 1980 he gave up his career as an engineer to work on freeing child slaves. He founded the Bachpan Bachao Andolan (lit. Save the Childhood Movement)...
Sep 18, 2017
Tawakkol Karman is a Yemeni journalist, politician, and human rights activist, often referred to in her country as the “Iron Woman” and the “Mother of the Revolution.” In 2005 she founded Women Journalists Without Chains, which advocates for...
Sep 18, 2017
The Liberian civil war lasted from 1989 to 2003 with only brief interruptions. Charles Taylor, the ruthless warlord who initiated the first fighting and would eventually serve as Liberian president until he was forced into exile in 2003, was at the center of the...
