Slacktivists vs. Activists
What can online activism achieve? Awareness is one of the greatest assets of the new age and online activism is king of just that. But after the awareness has been risen, what comes next? In this episode of The Coalition the strengths and weaknesses of online activism are outlined.
Evaluating the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
The U.S. government supports programs to combat global HIV/AIDS through an initiative that is known as the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). This initiative was originally authorized in the U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 and focused on an emergency response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic to deliver lifesaving care and treatment in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) with the highest burdens of disease. It was subsequently reauthorized in the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde U.S. Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 (the Lantos-Hyde Act).
Evaluation of PEPFAR makes recommendations for improving the U.S. government’s bilateral programs as part of the U.S. response to global HIV/AIDS. The overall aim of this evaluation is a forward-looking approach to track and anticipate the evolution of the U.S. response to global HIV to be positioned to inform the ability of the U.S. government to address key issues under consideration at the time of the report release.
How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government
By integrating democratic government with cutting-edge American innovation, the lieutenant governor of California charts a bright future for open-source America.
Citizenville is the story of how ordinary citizens can use new digital tools to dissolve political gridlock and transform American democracy. As social networking and smart phones have changed the way we communicate with one another, these technologies are also changing our relationship with government.
Drawing on wide-ranging interviews with thinkers and politicians, Citizenville is the first book by Lieutenant Governor Newsom. He broke new ground as the mayor of San Francisco, one of the most high-tech, experimental, and progressive municipalities in the nation. But when Newsom’s tenure as mayor began, he found that San Francisco was behind the likes of Estonia and South Korea in terms of digital governance. Newsom’s quest to modernize one of America’s most modern cities—and the amazing results he achieves—form the backbone of this far-reaching book.
Inventing the American presidency
When the founders of the United States gathered to create the foundations of the country, they decided on three branches of government, with a president central to the executive branch. Kenneth C. Davis explains why this decision was not necessarily inevitable and what variables were up for debate.
Albania: The Struggle for Compensation
In Albania, former political prisoners spent weeks on a hunger strike - in vain. The government is refusing to grant them compensation. According to a 2007 law, victims of Enver Hoxha’s dictatorship can claim compensation. Between 1944 until his death in 1985, Hoxha imprisoned and killed hundreds of thousands of Albanians and sent many more to labor camps. Today, over 20,000 people have applied for compensation.
President Obama 2.0: What Happens Now?
Barack Obama has been re-elected President of the United States. Forbes editor Randall Lane and political strategist Douglas Schoen discuss how Obama won, what he’ll face in Congress, and what’s to come for the markets and business over the next four years.
Keeping The Euro Viable
Peter Fisher, senior managing director and head of fixed income at BlackRock, gives his advice on how European politicians should handle the euro crisis. Mr. Fisher previously served as undersecretary for domestic finance at the US Department of Treasury.
Prospects for a New Progressivism
Tristram Hunt MP, Jesse Norman MP, Miranda Green and Matthew Taylor ask: does politics today have the capacity to respond to the kind of complex challenges we are currently facing, such as meeting the needs of an ageing population and reigniting economic growth?
Counting the Cost - China: Money, power and politics
As the changing of the guard in the People’s Republic of China draws closer, we look at just how financially-rewarding being in politics can be. Plus, Iran’s currency crisis, and Vietnam’s missed opportunities.
Muhammad Yunus on social business
The founder of Grameen Bank on why politics should not interfere with its operation, and how a new model of business divorced from profitmaking could address social ills.
