OneWorld U.S. Editor's Choice

25.04.2008 This week's alert on the growing global food crisis is perhaps the most worrying one we've ever sent, says OneWorld's managing editor in the United States.

01.02.2008 As January comes to a close, over 800 Kenyans have been killed and at least 255,000 displaced by the violence that erupted after President Mwai Kibaki was declared the winner of allegedly faulty elections held in late December 2007. Here's what others are doing, and how you can help.

16.11.2007 WASHINGTON, Nov 15 (OneWorld) - China is well on its way to acquiring fully 15 percent of its energy from renewable sources by the year 2020, while the United States is dragging its feet on transitioning away from fossil fuels, according to a pair of reports released here this week.

26.10.2007 WASHINGTON, Oct 25 (OneWorld) - Hip-Hop is not dead, at least not in Africa. That was the consensus after a recent screening here of the forthcoming documentary, "African Underground: Democracy in Dakar."

18.10.2007 Dozens of residents of the United States capital came together as a community Tuesday night to call for a fairer global community that considers people far away "as extended family members." OneWorld's Ida Wahlstrom reports from the rally.

30.08.2007 In an attempt to derail indigenous rights activist Rigoberta Menchu’s political party ahead of September 9 elections, a party member and local council candidate was recently assassinated.

22.08.2007 Despite countless global impediments to women's political participation and representation, activists are working tirelessly to secure unbiased opportunities for election and equal rates of political representation for women and men alike.

14.08.2007 WASHINGTON, Aug 13 (OneWorld) - The UN's recent decision to deploy a hybrid UN-African Union peacekeeping force to the war-torn region of Darfur, Sudan comes amid concerns that military might alone may not adequately address the fundamental causes of the conflict.

06.08.2007 WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (OneWorld) - In the history of warfare, nuclear weapons have been used twice, and though it has been 62 years since an atomic bomb has been employed in a conflict, the threat of a nuclear attack remains as present as ever, say arms control advocates.

05.08.2007 WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (OneWorld) - Breastfeeding within the first hour of life can drastically reduce the number of early childhood deaths in developing countries, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said this week, adding that more than one third of child deaths occur during "the first fragile month of life."

03.08.2007 In the years following the ratification of the extremely controversial USA PATRIOT Act, other countries across the world, including the Philippines and El Salvador, have introduced equally contentious counter-terrorism statutes that have had serious implications on civil rights, say advocates.

01.08.2007 WASHINGTON, Jul 31 (OneWorld) - In a political turnabout, the automobile industry is embracing legislation that would raise fuel-economy standards for U.S. vehicles more than 25 percent over the next 15 years.

10.07.2007 World leaders and global business chiefs gathered last week to assess progress on a voluntary initiative aimed at promoting human rights standards for cooperate operations. Several non-profits are criticizing the seven-year-old "Global Compact" as a mockery and a failure.

10.07.2007 More than 2,000 women leaders and many of the world's leading AIDS experts were in Nairobi last week for an international conference to address the unique and devastating impact HIV and AIDS has on the over 17 million women and girls living with the disease.

22.06.2007 During the week to honor and raise awareness about refugees, discover what the United States can do to help refugees in Africa, read a success story of refugees returning home, and learn more about what causes people to become refugees and the struggles they face.

07.06.2007 News of a potential compromise Thursday that would draw the United States into future climate agreements has been met with cautious welcome from U.S. activists, who stress that a firm cap on U.S. carbon emissions is still needed.

21.05.2007 DENVER, May 21 (OneWorld) - Thousands of children in the African nations of Chad and the Central African Republic could be turning from the battlefield to the blackboard as a result of international negotiations over the past two weeks.

22.02.2007 Could Zimbabwe be on the brink of a societal breakdown? Doctors and nurses have been on strike for more than a month, and as a teacher strike looms, police violently broke up a political rally Monday.

11.01.2007 Reports from East Africa show that local people seem concerned less about U.S. plans to kill three suspected terrorists and more about the loss of life and political fallout as a result of the United States' latest unilateral show of force.

09.01.2007 While large multilateral agencies are touting reconstruction successes in India since the 2004 tsunami, community groups say a closer look reveals a population dissatisfied with the results of a process that largely ignored their input.