Medill screening of Foley documentary draws big crowd to remember...
Tweet EVANSTON, Ill. — The Daily Northwestern covered the May 20 screening of “Jim: The James Foley Story” at the Medill School of Journalism, writing that Foley’s mother and documentary director...
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The geopolitics of fracking
Tweet WASHINGTON, D.C. — While recent debates about hydraulic fracturing have raged over potential environmental repercussions like earthquakes, gas leaks and water contamination in the U.S., the...
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Democracy, Human Rights in the Federal Budget Request for the MENA region
Tweet WASHINGTON- On April 13, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs assessed President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. With a 9 percent...
View ArticleThe future of passwords and cybersecurity
Tweet Fingerprints, face recognition, and your subconscious all have one thing in common: they are changing the world of passwords. Every day, we use more and more passwords to lock information we put...
View ArticleZika virus effect on Rio Olympics
Tweet WASHINGTON — The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, are less than four months away and many are still wondering what effect the Zika virus will have on the games and what Brazil can do to...
View ArticleWhat’s the grade on cybersecurity?
Tweet College students often worry about good grades, making friends and avoiding the freshman 15. Now they have to worry about the possibility of their personal information being leaked by hackers....
View ArticleIs the Zika virus a threat at work?
Tweet Is it possible to do your job the best way you possibly can when you are also putting your health at risk? The Zika virus during pregnancy can cause microcephaly and other brain abnormalities....
View ArticleThe politics of safe drinking water
Tweet Everyday, 1,000 children die from disease caused by unsafe water or inadequate sanitation, and around the world 663 million people lack access to clean, safe water, according to UNICEF. But this...
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The US Steel industry vs the Obama Administrations trade plan
Tweet Last year more than twelve thousand steelworkers in the United States were laid off because of unfair trade, illegally imported steel and steel dumping, according to the United Steelworkers...
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Civ-Mil relations hinder stabilization operations worldwide
Tweet WASHINGTON — As wars in Iraq and Afghanistan drag on, and as new conflicts emerge, stabilization operations around the world are becoming increasingly crowded and complex. Since the Cold War...
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Global action needed to prevent water-fueled conflicts
Tweet If international tensions seem to rise over oil and coal, imagine the stakes over a resource people literally cannot live without. Water stress is an increasing reality in many parts of the...
View ArticleSecurity at Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro
Tweet WASHINGTON — The Zika virus is the most talked about threat for the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, but spectators and athletes have more to worry about than just...
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YPJ: The all-female Kurdish militia in the fight against Daesh
Tweet WASHINGTON- “It’s a very visible and a very emotional reminder of the incredible amount of sacrifices that are being made every single day here,” said Hawzhin Azeez. Azeez referred to a cemetery...
View ArticleTSA: America’s nightmare
Tweet If getting to the airport two hours before your flight wasn’t a pain, try arriving up to three or four hours early. The lines at the airports are getting longer and longer and people are losing...
View ArticleDonald Trump: A National Security Threat, experts say
Tweet “I believe the person the Republicans have nominated for president cannot do the job,” said former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a speech addressing Donald Trump and expressing her...
View Article‘Ghazals for Foley’ book published honoring slain journalist James Foley
Tweet McNaughton/Gunn has published in limited quantities Ghazals for Foley (ISBN: 978-0- 9845398- 7-1/ $12.95), an anthology of ghazals written to, for, or about American Combat Journalist, James...
View ArticleMedill journalists find holes in program designed to respond to infectious...
Tweet Even as a perfect storm of conditions created the potential for a catastrophic global pandemic over the past decade, the U.S. government allowed gaping holes in an early-warning system designed...
View ArticleShortage of trained experts leaves doors open for cyber attacks
Tweet WASHINGTON — Cyberattacks against U.S. companies and government bodies are driving demand for security experts beyond the numbers that the nation’s training schools and partnerships programs can...
View ArticleMedill, Foley Foundation Launch Safety Guide for Journalists
Tweet MEDIA CONTACTS: Bob Rowley at 847-491-4889 or storer.rowley@northwestern.edu or Ellen Shearer at 202-661-0102 or shearer@northwestern.edu FOR RELEASE: August 4, 2016 MEDILL, FOLEY FOUNDATION...
View ArticleEnergy independence enables greater US role in Middle East
Tweet The U.S. is better positioned to fight terrorism from a restive Middle East as America grows less reliant on fuel imports, experts say. They opposed a retreat from the oil-rich region, even...
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