Health

Arafatuous

Al Jazeera's new investigation into the not-so-mysterious death of Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat is little more than baseless speculation.

BY HUSSEIN IBISH | JULY 5, 2012

Prescription for Decline

The Supreme Court's ruling was a step in the right direction. But spiraling health-care costs could still doom America's recovery.

BY WILL MARSHALL | JUNE 28, 2012

Labor Pains

In the midst of a civil war, becoming a mother was its own battle.

BY MAE AZANGO | MAY 11, 2012

Countries That Love Their Moms More Than America Does

A global guilt trip in honor of Mother's Day.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | MAY 11, 2012

Lying to Tell the Truth

Saving the world is no excuse for fudging the facts.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MAY 1, 2012

Tobacco's War on Women

The global tobacco industry is targeting women in emerging markets. Can public policy rise to the challenge?

BY BRAD EDMONDSON | MAY 1, 2012

Predators for Peace

Drones have revolutionized war. Why not let them deliver aid?

BY JACK C. CHOW | APRIL 27, 2012

The Waste Land

For Nairobi's poorest, the enormous trash dump that's slowly killing them is also the only thing keeping them alive.

BY DAVID CONRAD | APRIL 19, 2012

The Islamic World's Quiet Revolution

Forget politics. Muslim countries are poised to experience a new wave of change -- but this time it's all about demographics.

BY NICHOLAS EBERSTADT | MARCH 9, 2012

The Global Health President

Why Rick Santorum would be great news for the AIDS fight in Africa.

BY JACK C. CHOW | FEBRUARY 28, 2012

The Trojan Paradox

If religious conservatives want to put a stop to abortions, there's no better tool than making contraception a lot more available. And there's a world of good it'll do.

BY CHARLES KENNY | FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Rotting from the Inside Out

The debate over American decline is missing the point. All this talk about projecting U.S. power abroad means nothing if we can't fix our severe problems at home.

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Immunizing the Body Politic

Want to promote democracy in Burma? Start by making sure people are well enough to vote.

BY JACK C. CHOW | FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Why Putinomics Isn't Worth Emulating

Don't let the Russian economy fool you: It's still all about oil.

BY PETER PASSELL | JANUARY 27, 2012

Girl Power and the Fragility Trap

Academic economists usually air their new ideas first in working papers. Here, before the work gets dusty, a quick look at transition policy research in progress.

BY PETER PASSELL | JANUARY 20, 2012

The Eradication Calculation

Does it really make sense to spend billions of dollars to wipe out the few remaining cases of polio?

BY CHARLES KENNY | JANUARY 17, 2012

Doing More with Less

Dwindling funding for the global fight against AIDS doesn't mean the battle is lost -- but it does mean we have to think about what we're getting for our money.

BY CHARLES KENNY | NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Doctors Without Borders

Letting medical professionals and other skilled workers from the developing world emigrate is a good deal for everyone.

BY CHARLES KENNY | OCTOBER 11, 2011

Wanted: Smarter Patients

The key to improving medical care in the developing world isn't better doctors -- it's educating everyone else.

BY CHARLES KENNY | OCTOBER 3, 2011

The Cultural Evolution

The baggage we carry from our ethnic and national backgrounds can keep people poor -- but it can also change, and faster than you'd think.

BY CHARLES KENNY | AUGUST 8, 2011

Red, Delicious, and Rotten

How Apple conquered China and learned to think like the Communist Party.

BY CHRISTINA LARSON | AUGUST 1, 2011

Interview: Rajiv Shah

The USAID administrator on the epic food crisis in the Horn of Africa, dealing with al Shabab, and why Somalia's famine is going to get worse before it gets better.

INTERVIEW BY ROBERT ZELIGER | JULY 28, 2011

The Abortion Trap

How America's obsession with abortion hurts families everywhere.

BY MARA HVISTENDAHL | JULY 26, 2011

Famine Is a Crime

Civilization has defeated mass starvation. So why are so many Somalis dying of hunger?

BY CHARLES KENNY | JULY 25, 2011

Swaziland's Silent HIV Epidemic

In one of the most beautiful parts of the world, and also one of the deadliest.

BY SHAUN RAVIV | JULY 12, 2011

Postcards from Hell, 2011

Images from the world's most failed states.

BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | JUNE 20, 2011

Green Shoots in the Killing Fields

Citizens of the Democratic Republic of the Congo believe there's hope for their war-torn country even if no one else does -- and their optimism is starting to get results.

BY CHARLES KENNY | JUNE 20, 2011

Talking the Talk

South Africans aren't the only ones keeping quiet about AIDS.

JULY/AUGUST 2011

Through Rose-Colored Corrective Lenses

Poor vision is a major hurdle to getting ahead in the developing world. Fortunately, remedies are cheaper and easier -- and more profitable -- than they've ever been before.

BY CHARLES KENNY | JUNE 13, 2011

Inpatients Abroad

How do you solve America's health-care woes? Outsource them.

BY CHARLES KENNY | MAY 30, 2011