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Suriname Is About to Be One of the Richest Countries on Earth. Is It Ready? | Opinion

20.10.2025 4

Newsweek

Arick Wierson

Who's Leading the Global Conversation on Climate Change? Look South

The Global South is charting its own course on climate action and biodiversity.

26.08.2025 2

Newsweek

Arick Wierson

Trump's "Breakfast Tax" Against Brazil | Opinion

It's a political gesture disguised as trade policy—but the consequences are real.

11.07.2025 4

Newsweek

Arick Wierson

How American Retailers Are Navigating Trump’s Volatile Trade Policy

Observer spoke with dozens of retail CEOs and founders, consumer experts and supply chain strategists about how they are navigating tariffs.

25.05.2025 10

Observer

Arick Wierson

Kristi Noem's Immigration Game Show Would Be Appalling—and a Ratings Hit

Turning human desperation into ratings gold is no longer unthinkable—it's in development.

23.05.2025 7

Newsweek

Arick Wierson

Can Mega-Philanthropy Fuel Trump's Efforts to Tackle the Housing Crisis?

To what extent President Donald Trump will rally the ultra-wealthy to direct their philanthropy toward housing remains to be seen.

14.04.2025 7

Newsweek

Arick Wierson

Removing ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Water Could Make It a Lot More Expensive

Recent EPA regulations on PFAS, commonly known as "forever chemicals," seek to tackle a trillion-dollar problem.

10.02.2025 10

Observer

Arick Wierson

Paraguay Is Transforming Into the Silicon Valley of South America

Paraguay, a relatively large South American country roughly the same size as the U.S. state of California, has historically been overshadowed by...

15.11.2024 10

Newsweek

Arick Wierson

Before Critiquing Other Nations' Elections, Let's Perfect Our Own | Opinion

On Nov, 5, 2024, tens of millions of Americans—perhaps well over 160 million of them—will head to polls across the country to make their selections...

09.10.2024 2

Newsweek

Arick Wierson

Is the Clinton Global Initiative Becoming Too Big for Its Own Good? 

Since rebooting after a pandemic-related hiatus in 2022, the Clinton Global Initiative , or CGI as the annual two-day summit has become to be...

01.10.2024 1

Observer

Arick Wierson

Brace Yourselves As Hurricane Kamala Heads Toward Florida This November

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), hurricane season runs from June through the end of November. And although...

09.09.2024 3

Newsweek

Arick Wierson

What a Silicon Valley Startup’s Experiment in Guyana Can Inform U.S. Health Care

Despite all the astonishing advancements in medicine in the U.S. in recent years, policymakers and health care providers have yet to come up with a...

23.08.2024 2

Observer

Arick Wierson

Landfill Waste Is the Key to Solving AI's Enormous Power Demands | Opinion

The world's top business leaders struggle to find the right metaphor to describe the impact that artificial intelligence (AI) will have on...

14.08.2024 1

Newsweek

Arick Wierson

The Media's "Coastal Blindness" Was Just Exposed | Opinion

I don't want to toot my own horn too loudly, but I gotta say, I told ya so. Way back on July 18, which in Gregorian calendar terms was—yikes—less...

07.08.2024 1

Newsweek

Arick Wierson