The journalist explains the dysfunction that plagues Africa’s politics.

The journalist first entered the field after missionaries got him a teaching job in Uganda in 1971.

The journalist tells the story of the world’s leading organization for African affairs.

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We don't have a banking crisis, we have a class crisis. Fixing banks won't fix classism.

Specific strategy from today's top business leaders.

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Discoveries about neuroplasticity--the brain's ability to rewire itself throughout life by creating neural connections in response to mental activity--has led to the new brain centers, which "promise to keep older minds sharp with computer, walnuts and green tea."

Outside of how best to solve the current crisis, perhaps the greatest macro question of our moment is what the net effect will be on the balance of global powers […]

Technology has changed everything.

Big Think recently approached five leading international economists for their best predictions on when we will be out of the mess known as our national economy. Watch for their commentary […]

Talk of Obama's biggest foreign policy engagement being only a stone's throw across the Rio Grande seems unlikely in light of the close economic and diplomatic relationship the U.S. has […]

Warren is both "hopeful and pessimistic."

Waziristan has not commonly been included in the central Asian conglomerate of post-Soviet and Islamic states stretching from the Aral Sea in the west to the Himalayas in the east. […]

The distinction between the social security structure in the United States and Sweden gives uncanny insight into why Sweden has the option of saying "no" to Saab's urgent need for […]

Sure, Geithner and Barney Frank are idiots, and regulators are by nature "slow moving," but one hedge funder, who works at an "already registered" fund, says it would be a […]

Dambisa Moyo on why we can't let financial institutions fail.

Blogger Ta-Nehisi Coates on the Tweeting and hard writing.

Ta-Nehisi Coates on the power of the pen/typewriter/keyboard.

Coates tends to be much more narrative-driven when writing long-form pieces, whereas blog posts are more casual—almost like bar talk.