Howard Buffett's Philanthropic Journey
For years, Howard Buffett focused his charitable efforts on environmental preservation. But ultimately, the farmer-philanthropist-and author of the new book Fragile: The Human Condition-decided feeding the planet came first.
Howard Buffett's Food Fight
Howard G. Buffett directs a private family foundation that funds projects in over 65 countries. He also owns and operates a 1,400-acre farm in Illinois and has served on two United States Trade Representative Committees and in numerous executive positions. Buffett is a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador Against Hunger.
In his new book, Fragile: The Human Condition, the farmer-philanthropist offers up an unexpected solution for solving Africa's hunger problem. Plus, view photos of Buffett's philanthropic travels around the world and read more about his giving.
Momentum Shifts to Iran's Reformers
Reza Aslan, a contributor to the Daily Beast, is assistant professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside and senior fellow at the Orfalea Center on Global and International Studies at UC Santa Barbara. He is the author of the bestseller No god but God and How to Win a Cosmic War.
Tehran's opposition has regained its edge with smarter, more creative protests and even some senior army officers. Reza Aslan on why the regime is beginning to fear a repeat of the 1979 revolution.
Mousavi's New Revolutionary Manifesto
Gary Sick served on the National Security Council staff under Presidents Ford, Carter and Reagan. He was the principal White House aide for Iran during the Iranian Revolution and the hostage crisis and is the author of two books on U.S.-Iranian relations. Mr. Sick is a captain (ret.) in the U.S. Navy, with service in the Persian Gulf, North Africa and the Mediterranean.
The Iranian protest movement reached a tipping point today, writes Gary Sick, the key White House official during the 1979 hostage crisis, and what has emerged is nothing short of a platform for a true Islamic democracy.
In his Friday sermon, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denounced the country's demonstrations as the design of the "media belonging to Zionists, evil media." Is the media (Zionist or not) really in the tank for Mir Hossein Mousavi and the demonstrators who support him? The Daily Beast breaks down the media's coverage of the turmoil in Tehran. Photo: Meisam Hosseini / AP Photo
A protester throws rocks at Iranian riot police in Tehran on June 21, 2009.
My Tehran Under Siege
Journalist Jason Rezaian, a frequent visitor to Iran, is the writer, executive producer, and narrator of the length documentary film on Iran called A World Between.
In a dispatch from Tehran, Jason Rezaian describes the police beatings, flaming garbage cans, and rising sense of despair that have turned his quiet neighborhood into a battleground.
Twitter Breaks Strike News
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Protesters in Iran have been using social media to spread the word-and now reports are trickling in that Mousavi is calling for a massive "Green Revolution" strike tomorrow.
Overregulated America
Philip K. Howard, a lawyer, is the author of Life Without Lawyers: Liberating Americans From Too Much Law, just released by W.W. Norton, and the bests-elling The Death of Common Sense. He is chairman of Common Good and advises leaders of both parties on legal and regulatory reform.
The law-all 100 million words of it-stands between President Obama and his capacity to act.
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
Peter Beinart, senior political writer for The Daily Beast, is a professor of journalism and political science at City University of New York and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation.
Gerald Posner is The Daily Beast's Chief Investigative Reporter. He's the award-winning author of 10 investigative nonfiction bestsellers, ranging from political assassinations, to Nazi war criminals, to 9/11, to terrorism. His latest book, Miami Babylon: Crime, Wealth and Power—A Dispatch from the Beach, was published in October. He lives in Miami Beach with his wife, the author Trisha Posner.
Martin Jacques is the cofounder of the UK think tank Demos, writes a regular column for The Guardian, and is a visiting research fellow at the London School of Economics Asia Research Centre. His new book, When China Rules the World, is available now.
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