Changing Lives with Charter Schools
The Illinois Policy Institute has made great strides this past year in embracing the internet and the opportunities it offers for reaching wider audiences. Their Tweet Illinois project has brought greater transparency to legislators within the state, and this recent video, which discusses the impact charter schools have on students is beautifully done, and very [...]
Books on Liberty in the Middle East and Beyond
As Iran and much of the Middle East is in a state of ferment, the ideas of freedom are being injected into the debate at an increasing rate. Thanks to the staff of the Atlas Global Initiative for Free Trade, Peace, and Prosperity, Iranians, Afghans, Arabs, and Kurds can now access the works of Frederic [...]
Iranian Elections and Protests
Around forty-six million eligible voters went to the polls last Friday June 12th to vote in Iran’s Presidential elections. The two front-runners were the sitting Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and opposition leader Mir Hassein Mousavi, a former prime minster from the early years of the Iranian Revolution. On June 12th, as the votes were being [...]
Unrest in Guatemala Poses Threats to Liberty
Some of you may have seen a YouTube video where a recently murdered lawyer, Rodrigo Rosenberg, explicitly accuses the Guatemalan President of murder, as he states: “If you are watching this, it is because I was murdered by President Alvaro Colom.” Rosenberg made this accusation because one of his clients, Khalil Musa, refused to take [...]
And We’re Off…
Today, Atlas’s staff will be heading out to Los Angeles for the: Heritage Resource Bank SPN Leadership Development Breakfast Atlas Liberty Forum It’ll be an action packed three days! Blog posts may be a bit light today and tomorrow, but be sure to check back Friday and Saturday to watch Atlas Liberty Forum Live. For [...]
Liberty Forum Starts April 24th!
This year’s Atlas Liberty Forum begins this Thursday, April 24th in Los Angeles, California. We’re very excited about this year’s program, which features keynote speeches from former Mexican president Vicente Fox, and former Bolivia president, Jorge Quiroga. In addition, Atlas will award the winners of the Fisher Memorial Awards, and announce 2009′s Fisher Venture Grant [...]
