12,000 world class private jets with plenty of fuel to boot. That's what 1.2 trillion dollars can buy you. Yet, many people who have gone through our current...
Julien argues how we see the World through cultural glasses. By changing the glasses you can change the way you...
Julien argues how we see the World through cultural glasses. By changing the glasses you can change the way you interpret the World. Julien is the founder of...
This talk will provide an overview of how Paralympic sport has reflected, and helped change the position of people...
This talk will provide an overview of how Paralympic sport has reflected, and helped change the position of people with disabilities in society and how now, ...
The humanitarian system is simply not doing a good job in the eyes of the people it aims to help. Christina Bennett,...
The humanitarian system is simply not doing a good job in the eyes of the people it aims to help. Christina Bennett, Research Fellow with the Humanitarian Policy Group at the Overseas Development Institute, lays out a three-point proposal for radical change to create a humanitarian system that is fit to respond to the challenges of both today and tomorrow.
Robert J.S. "Bob" Ross is Research Professor of Sociology and the Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise in...
Robert J.S. "Bob" Ross is Research Professor of Sociology and the Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise in Clark University. The son of a teacher and a garment worker and the grandson of garment workers, Ross has cared deeply about workers and their conditions and has been learning and teaching about these matters since 1994. He is Vice-President of the Sweatfree Purchasing consortium, an organization of nineteen cities and states which are working to remove sweatshop labor from the supply chains of their public purchasing of uniforms. The author of Slaves to Fashion: Poverty and Abuse in the New Sweatshops, Ross has written extensively on the global apparel industry and labor conditions and workers’ rights in it. His writings on these and other issues have appeared in variety of professional and journalistic sources.
Because no one should be without water. And no one has to. A simple solution to a complex problem. TEDxTeen opening...
Because no one should be without water. And no one has to. A simple solution to a complex problem. TEDxTeen opening music by BlackDoe Konstantin's name comes...
Sanitary and living conditions for an estimated 2,000 homeless people along Los Angeles’ Skid Row are so severe that...
Sanitary and living conditions for an estimated 2,000 homeless people along Los Angeles’ Skid Row are so severe that the United Nations recently compared them to Syrian refugee camps. How does extreme poverty persist in one of the country’s most expensive real estate markets? NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Simon Ostrovsky reports. This is part of an ongoing series of reports called 'Chasing the Dream,' which reports on poverty and opportunity in America.
The responsible use of technology offers concrete ways to make humanitarian assistance more effective, efficient and...
The responsible use of technology offers concrete ways to make humanitarian assistance more effective, efficient and accountable and can, in turn, directly r...
Appearing on HLNâs Dr. Drew Tuesday night, Princeton University professor and former State Department official...
Appearing on HLNâs Dr. Drew Tuesday night, Princeton University professor and former State Department official Anne-Marie Slaughter who recently wrote the ...
March 9, 2012 Defenders of current U.S. drug policy, advocates for reform and academic researchers discuss the...
March 9, 2012 Defenders of current U.S. drug policy, advocates for reform and academic researchers discuss the effects of and alternatives to the United Stat...