Emily Schwartz Greco was the Institute’s op-ed manager and ran OtherWords. OtherWords is a non-profit editorial service that distributes progressive commentary and cartoons to approximately 1,700 editors at newspapers and new media outlets across the nation. She is also an OtherWords weekly columnist. As a writing coach , she had trained a group of New Economy Maryland fellows to write more effectively for the public.

Prior to coming to IPS in 2003, Emily covered foreign policy and economics in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil, as well as Washington and New York, for the Dow Jones and Bloomberg News services. She earned a M.S. in journalism from Columbia University and a B.A. in Latin American studies and history from the University of Texas at Austin. She has traveled extensively in Latin America, Southeast Asia, and the South Pacific and is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese. She lives in Arlington, Virginia, with her husband and two young children.

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Showdown in ‘Tegucigolpe’

The United States needs to put more pressure on the illegitimate junta in Tegucigalpa to step down.

What Obama Should Say in Ghana

What Obama says in his Accra speech will influence Africa’s place in the world.

Time to Clamp Down on Vulture Funds

Congress must make it illegal for private investment firms and hedge funds to prey on poor countries.

Behind the Honduran Coup

It’s a mistake to understand Honduras (or Latin America more generally) as driven by Cold War style conflicts between a pro-U.S. bloc and a pro-Chávez bloc.

Racial Discrimination at the World Bank

The breach between the Bank’s rhetoric on diversity and its practices means that it barely employs any black American in its professional grades.

Obama’s Speech: Vexing Issues

Obama’s historic speech in Cairo marked a new beginning, but it will take action to translate his new vision into a reality.

How Not to Support Democracy in the Middle East

Obama failed to address Egyptian and Saudi repression in his address to the Muslim world.

Improving U.S.-Muslim Relations: Obama’s Other Audience

For the United States to focus only on improving its image in the Arab and Muslim world is to see only half of the picture.

Changing the Discourse: First Step toward Changing the Policy?

Obama’s approach toward the Muslim world may be diplomatic, but it remains the work of mobilized people across the United States to end Obama’s war in Afghanistan and Pakistan, halt the occupation of Iraq immediately rather than years from now, stop U.S. military aid to Israel, and launch new negotiations with Iran not based on military threats.

The IMF is Back? Think Again

Accounts that herald the IMF’s “revival” are premature and superficial.

Overhauling Global Finance

The UN’s Stiglitz Commission is calling for short-term economic stimulus measures to help introduce, and above all not obstruct, required long-term changes.

Defending Israeli War Crimes

A letter to Hillary Clinton from 10 state attorneys general argues that Israel’s recent bloody siege of Gaza was “justified.”

Lessons from Moscow and Tehran

The United States could learn a lot from Russia’s patient and persistent engagement with Iran described in detail in Persian Dreams, a new book by a State Department analyst.

Strategic Dialogue on North Korea

John Feffer argues with Brent Choi and Joowoon Jung about the proper response to North Korea’s behavior.

World Bank Corruption

The Bank’s management tried to stifle an internal report that found that its funds are vulnerable to theft and diversion.

U.S.-Trained Human Rights Abusers

Obama should end the institutional impunity to which American commanders and U.S. military allies have become accustomed.

Global Food Security Act

This revolution will be patented.

Time to Strengthen Ties with Peru

The South American nation offers the U.S. an opportunity to bring change that matters to relations with all of Latin America.

The War on Yugoslavia, 10 Years Later

Unless there’s a willingness to critically re-examine the war, the threat of another war in the name of liberal internationalism looms large.

Strategic Dialogue: Yugoslavia

In FPIF’s strategic dialogue on Yugoslavia, Ed Herman and John Feffer debate different interpretations of the conflict that occurred in the region 10 years ago.

Op-Ed Manager

Dodging the Fiscal Swindle

The Galesburg (IL) Planet | December 9, 2012

Dodging the Fiscal Swindle

The (Los Angeles CA) Bell Gardens Sun | December 6, 2012

Just Don’t Say Climate Change

The Reporter (Palos Heights IL) | October 4, 2012

Just Don’t Say Climate Change

The Bemidji (MN) Pioneer | October 3, 2012

Washington’s Democratic Double-Standard

The Register Citizen (Torrington CT) | August 11, 2012

Washington’s Democratic Double-Standard

The Alliance (OH) Review | August 7, 2012

Donald Kaul’s Breather

The Des Moines (IA) Register | July 26, 2012

Donald Kaul’s Breather

The Mason City (IA) Globe Gazette | July 24, 2012

Making Sense of Poverty Numbers

Common Dreams | September 24, 2010

Making Sense of Poverty Numbers

Denver Post | September 24, 2010

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