Religious Imbalance in the Texas Social Studies Curriculum: Analysis and Recommendations
This paper argues that the Texas social studies curriculum does not offer balanced coverage of world religions, due in large…
October 21, 2016 3340 Results
Latin America Initiative | Commentary
Another Blow to Venezuela’s Crumbling Democracy Venezuela's fragile democracy is crumbling under President Nicolás Maduro. Latin America Initiative program director Erika…
October 20, 2016 
Implementing Three-dimensional Groundwater Management in a Texas Groundwater Conservation District
Using the Guadalupe County Groundwater Conservation District as a case study, this journal article examines the benefits of…
October 18, 2016 
How Too Much Freedom of Choice Endangers Public Health: The Effect of Nonmedical Exemptions From School-Entry Vaccinations in Texas
This policy brief analyzes the impact of the increasing number of parents who opt their children out of school-entry…
October 13, 2016 
Responding to Richard: Celebrity and (Mis)representation of Science
This study of biologists and physicists in the UK found that a majority of the respondents disagree with evolutionary…
October 10, 2016 
The Right to Bear Arms in Mexico: Mexican Senator Invokes the U.S. Second Amendment
This blog post examines a Mexican senator's push to amend Mexico's Constitution to emulate the Second Amendment of the U.S…
October 10, 2016 
Latin America Initiative | Commentary
Colombia’s Peace Plebiscite: The People Have Spoken Colombians on Sunday (10/2) voted against a peace deal with FARC negotiated by President Juan Manuel Santos. What are the…
October 3, 2016 
China’s Evolving Oil Demand: Slowing Overall Growth, Gasoline Replacing Diesel as Demand Driver, Refined Product Exports Rising Substantially
This working paper analyzes three key factors that characterize the “new normal” of China’s oil demand: slowing overall…
September 30, 2016 
Somalia: A Nation at the Crossroads of Extreme Poverty, Conflict, and Neglected Tropical Diseases
The article analyzes the spread of neglected tropical diseases in Somolia due to severe poverty, and civil strife, and…
September 29, 2016 
Latin America Initiative | Issue Brief
External Financing to Latin America: Are We in a New World? This brief argues that, in contrast to the pessimism and ongoing recession in Latin America generated by the collapse of…
September 28, 2016