U.S. Department of State updates Rewards for Justice – up to $7 Million al-Qaida Reward Offers
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The Department’s Rewards for Justice program is offering rewards for information on two key Iran-based facilitators and financiers of the...
Fulbright NEXUS 2012-2013 Scholars Research Climate Change Adaptation
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced today its second cohort of 20 Fulbright Regional...
Crazy is as Crazy Does
OPINION: We all know someone who is not quite "all there." The normal human connections with the world are missing, twisted, or distorted. Interacting...
Book Review: 'The Righteous Mind' by Jonathan Haidt
REVIEW: Jonathan Haidt grabs onto the twin time-bombs of American punditry, politics and religion, and does so from an amazingly optimistic point-of-view. He combines...
TechWomen 2012 'Tech for Social Good' Discussion @ New America Foundation
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced today that the 2012 TechWomen international exchange participants...
U.S. Department of State Welcomes Teachers from Around the Globe to Celebrate World Teachers' Day
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Department of State announced today that 68 American teachers and 19 international teachers will be honored on UNESCO’s...
U.S. Secretary Clinton Calls for Cooperation on Shared Waters for Global Water Security
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged countries to find cooperative solutions to shared water challenges at a high-level discussion...
U.S. Secretary Clinton Announces Launch of the U.S.-Pakistan Women's Council
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the launch of the U.S.-Pakistan Women’s Council today on the margins of the UN...
Stanford Law School Receives U.S. Government Grant to Expand Afghanistan Legal Education Project
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) announced a five-year, $7.2 million grant to Stanford...
A New Beginning Exchange to Connect International and American Entrepreneurs
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Entrepreneurs and business leaders from 30 countries will travel to the United States from September 24 through October 12 as...
Social Good Summit – Community of Democracies Meetings to Address Key Issues Related to Emerging Democracies and Civil Society
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The Community of Democracies (CD) will convene a series of meetings in New York from September 23-25 on the margins...
Proposed Marine Protected Area in Antarctica's Ross Sea – one of the last great ocean wilderness areas on the planet
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- In order to advance marine protection and scientific research in one of the last great ocean wilderness areas on the...
U.S. Department of State Hosts TechCamp Kyiv to Build Digital Literacy of Civil Society
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- From September 12-13, 2012, the U.S. Department of State will host TechCamp Kyiv at Master Klass Cultural Center in Kyiv,...
United States Launches Higher Education Partnership to Promote Cleaner Production Across the Americas
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The United States and Costa Rica today launched a three-year higher education partnership aimed at promoting sustainable manufacturing and economic...
World's Musicians Come Together for 'OneBeat' Tour
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced today that musicians from 21 countries will travel...
U.S. Department of State Welcomes Indonesian Performer Papermoon Puppet Theatre to the United States
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S Department of State announced today that the Papermoon Puppet Theatre will travel from Yogyakarta, Indonesia, to communities across...
U.S. Department of State Announces TechWomen 2012
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces TechWomen 2012 – an international exchange that uses...
American Voices and U.S. Department of State announce American Music Abroad Tour to Asia
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, in partnership with American Voices, announced today that the...
U.S. Department of State Launches 'Innovation in Arms Control Challenge'
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- In the spirit of harnessing the ingenuity of the American people, the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Arms Control,...
Book Review: 'As Texas Goes…' by Gail Collins
REVIEW: The litany of deceit, stupidity, outrage, and perfidy from the lone-brain-cell state is remarkably terrifying, yet Gail Collins is such a good writer...
U.S. International Security Advisory Board Report entitled Mutual Assured Stability: Essential Components and Near Term Actions
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The International Security Advisory Board (ISAB) has completed a report entitled Mutual Assured Stability: Essential Components and Near Term Actions....
U.S. Departments of State and Energy Meet with Linkin Park on Access to Energy
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Ambassador Carlos Pascual, Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy Rick Duke met...
Book Review: 'The Republican Brain' by Chris Mooney
REVIEW: Rational people have always wondered about the anti-fact and anti-science positions of republicans, conservatives, RWNJs, birthers, and morons in general. Turns out there...
U.S. State Department Contributes Additional $41 Million to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The United States is pleased to announce its third contribution this fiscal year toward the 2012 operations of the United...
US State Department Unveils Format and Interface Upgrades for 2011 International Religious Freedom Reports
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has transmitted the 2011 International Religious Freedom Report to Congress and released it to the...
