Kurt was born with a condition called phocomelia, which refers to the absence or malformation of one or more limbs. In his talk, “At First Glance,” he will s...

Syrians have for a century welcomed over a million refugees from Armenia, Palestine, Iraq and other countries around the region. Now, thanks to a civil war w...

What is Germany doing to push a green economy? Deputy Director General Ulrich Benterbusch,
Federal Ministry For Economic Affairs and Energy

What ever happened to letting "boys be boys?" Take these two cases: In one, a seven-year-old boy was sent home for nibbling a Pop Tart into a gun. In another, a teacher was so alarmed by a picture drawn by a student (of a sword fight), that the boy's parents were summoned in for a conference. In short, boys in America's schools are routinely punished for being active, competitive, and restless. In other words, boys can no longer be boys. Christina Hoff Sommers, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, explains how we can change this.

Tariq Ramadan is the Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at Oxford University and President of the European Muslim Network. Through his writings and le...

Social protests grew in numbers and intensity in 2015 in Peru. Since April, campesinos in the Tambo Valley have engaged in major and militant mobilizations a...

Ed-Talk: Children from "Underserved Minority" Backgrounds Have Strengths for Learning; Barbara Rogoff, University of California, Santa Cruz; Washington, DC A...

The United Nations is an embodiment of a continually evolving international order and UN peace operations are the physical manifestation of that order. Thoug...

Alice Ukoko talks about Religion, Spirituality, Conflict and Poverty in Africa. She explains why Religion, unlike Spirituality, is the main cause of conflict...