Jim Ludes, Author at Pell Center

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Poverty in the United States is destroying lives and making this great nation weaker. In Maryland this past week, Rodney

The Western-allied government in Yemen, which had been hailed by President Obama last fall as a successful example of his

In response to the growing war clouds to its East, Lithuania this week approved a law to reinstate compulsory military

Barack Obama ran for president in 2008 on the promise that he would end America’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Two articles have recently caught my attention—one about the rise of Christian militias, financed by American evangelical Christians, who are

It has been easy, in recent months, to focus on what’s going wrong in the world. Wars, terrorism, and disease

On Tuesday, February 24, 2015, Pell Center Executive Director Jim Ludes offered testimony on Rhode Island Senate Bill 134–a legislative

Obama’s Request for Congressional Authorization to Fight the Islamic State: Full Text | Washington Post Why Arming Kiev is a

If the election calendar holds, it’s less than one-year until Iowa holds it caucuses on January 18, 2016, the first