Pope Francis flew out of Rome on Wednesday, bound for Kenya on the first leg of a landmark trip to Africa, where growth, falling poverty levels and foreign i...
As a global community, we all want to end poverty. Mia Birdsong suggests a great place to start: Let's honor the...
As a global community, we all want to end poverty. Mia Birdsong suggests a great place to start: Let's honor the skills, drive and initiative that poor peopl...
The use of cash in humanitarian response has many benefits: it maintains dignity and provides affected people with...
The use of cash in humanitarian response has many benefits: it maintains dignity and provides affected people with the ability to prioritise their own needs; it stimulates local economies; it gets assistance to people rapidly; and it reduces the overheads involved in delivering relief items.
As an expert in adolescent sexual and reproductive health, Dr. V. Chandra – Mouli, explains that sexuality education...
As an expert in adolescent sexual and reproductive health, Dr. V. Chandra – Mouli, explains that sexuality education is not just teaching about sex, reproduc...
Anjali Kumar went looking for God and ended up finding something else entirely. In an uplifting, funny talk about...
Anjali Kumar went looking for God and ended up finding something else entirely. In an uplifting, funny talk about our shared humanity, she takes us on a spiritual pilgrimage to meet witches in New York, a shaman in Peru, an infamous "healer" in Brazil and others, sharing an important lesson: what binds us together is far stronger than what separates us, and our differences are not insurmountable.
Following 35 years on the faculty of Columbia University in New York, more than half of that time as Chair of the...
Following 35 years on the faculty of Columbia University in New York, more than half of that time as Chair of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, D...
As Director of Rural Development for New Mexico, Terry Bruner travels to rural communities all across the state. As...
As Director of Rural Development for New Mexico, Terry Bruner travels to rural communities all across the state. As such, he's got a unique vantage point on ...
Until a year ago, people in the village of Ekipe on North Efate Island in Vanuatu did not have access to running...
Until a year ago, people in the village of Ekipe on North Efate Island in Vanuatu did not have access to running water. Villagers such as Marie, a mother of ...
