Dr. Mohamed Moncef Marzouki served as the interim President of Tunisia between 2011 and 2014, following the Tunisian Revolution. He is best known for his role in establishing the national Truth and Dignity Commission to investigate violations of human rights and provide reparations to victims. Dr. Marzouki has also founded and held leadership in several … Read more
Former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy meets with staff in Durango, CO in 2015. In the 1980s, the AIDS epidemic became a public health crisis, with thousands dying from the little-understood disease. As scientists called for more funding to quell the HIV/AIDS outbreak, the Reagan administration remained silent, while the religious right cried that homosexuals were rightfully … Read more
In the months leading up to Britain’s historic referendum to leave the European Union, members of the Leave campaign made a number of promises to the British people, among them, a rejection of the principles of free movement demanded by the European Union, and the halting of membership fee payments that were viewed to offer … Read more
Imagine a coastal community slowly swallowed up by the water that provides its way of life. This is what Earl Armstrong, a resident of Venice, Louisiana, and many others throughout southern Louisiana have been experiencing for decades. Appropriately named, Venice is the southernmost community in Louisiana accessible by car: the tip of the boot. It … Read more