Some call CSR "corporate citizenship". Does that include paying more taxes than legally required? [Read More]

"What we sign today is a declaration from the Colombian people before the world that we are tired of war... that we don't accept violence as a means of defending ideas." [Read More]

They don't agree on much. But Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump both want government to help fix the many crumbling US roads, bridges and ports as well as improve energy and internet systems -- soon. [Read More]

The campaign key-issue conundrum: "Gains from global trade to the people who have benefited are enormous ... [but] the adverse consequences in the U.S. must be taken seriously". Those adverse consequences could very well sway the U.S. presidential election. [Read More]

It's only the beginning of the beginning of a new U.S. power supply. But the soon-to-open offshore wind farm at Block Island, R.I. teases thought of what could be only a decade away. [Read More]

Sceptics, suspend your disbelief. At least for month. [Read More]

It's now commonly accepted that fathers of daughters -- such as President Obama -- are especially supportive of gender equality and opportunity throughout society. But news since his upbeat article in Glamour magazine earlier this month, "This is What a Feminist Looks Like" is not all that encouraging. [Read More]

John Kerry said it best: [Read More]

They are Kenyan, Indian, Palestinian, French, Spanish and, yes, American -- and they have all been affected by terror in their young lives. [Read More]

David Brooks, citing Hillary Clinton's "amazing opportunity", is right: "Dear Hillary ... somehow you're going to have to come up with an updated muscular Clintonism”. [Read More]

"If anyone is claiming that China is enjoying a healthy or robust jobs market, they have no idea what they're talking about". [Read More]

Fifteen major companies have taken "significant action to assist [in] the refugee crisis." Why? [Read More]

As the national politics of income inequality and the minimum wage grind on, two private sector leaders are the latest to take action in these social progress/good business initiatives. [Read More]

It would be facile to attribute the current wave of populism to a single cause. But jobs -- related to standard of living, quality of life -- surely represent a tap root for much of the populism ferment. [Read More]

Sometimes you have to wonder how the U.S. Senate gets anything done. [Read More]