The Millennium Development Goals: Improve Maternal Health

Established at the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000, the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) are eight international development goals that member states and international organizations have committed to help achieve by the year 2015. With the 2013 Millennium Campus Conference being held at Northeastern University eight day from today, let us refresh ourselves […]

Millennium Development Goals: Reduce Child Mortality

Established at the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000, the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) are eight international development goals that member states and international organizations have committed to help achieve by the year 2015. With the 2013 Millennium Campus Conference being held at Northeastern University, let us refresh ourselves on the current status […]

The Millennium Development Goals: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women

Established at the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000, the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) are eight international development goals that member states and international organizations have committed to help achieve by the year 2015. With the 2013 Millennium Campus Conference being held at Northeastern University, let us refresh ourselves on the current status […]

The Millennium Development Goals: Achieve Universal Primary Education

Established at the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000, the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) are eight international development goals that member states and international organizations have committed to help achieve by the year 2015. With the 2013 Millennium Campus Conference being held at Northeastern University, let us refresh ourselves on the current status […]

Where do we stand with the Millennium Development Goals?

Established at the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000, the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) are eight international development goals that member states and international organizations have committed to help achieve by the year 2015. With the 2013 Millennium Campus Conference being held at Northeastern University eight days from today, let us refresh ourselves […]

Who “Won” The Government Shutdown?

After 16 days of agonizing political brinkmanship that gripped the nation and left global financial markets in a state of panic, Congress passed an 11th-hour measure to reopen the federal government and save it from a historic loan default. America and its lenders breathed a collective sigh of relief. Tea Party conservatives grumbled. Democrats patted […]

Party Perspectives Rebuttal: Northeastern University Libertarians

Whether you call it a shutdown, slowdown, or just a plain old government letdown, the deadline has come and gone for the federal government to agree on an appropriations bill. Not surprisingly, it hasn’t been all it was talked up to be. Not much has changed. The federal government is still conducting wars and flying […]

Party Perspectives Rebuttal: Northeastern University College Republicans

  Now in its second week, the government shutdown has caused quite a stir among the American public. National parks from the monuments in Washington to Alcatraz Island are closed. Federal workers from the EPA to Health and Human Services have been furloughed. At the heart of the problem are the Affordable Care Act and […]

Party Perspectives Rebuttal: Northeastern University College Democrats

As we approach the debt ceiling, we feel it’s important to clarify that the current budget proposal being argued in Congress is a separate issue from the debt ceiling. The debt ceiling addresses incurred spending from previous budgets already passed by Congress. The inability of Congress to compromise on the current budget proposal is preventing […]