The invention of agriculture is not just a matter of tastier food. It unlocked powerful forces that transformed history. Website: https://www.bighistoryproje...

In times of an emergency or crisis situation, social media offers some of the fastest and most effective tools for getting critical life-saving information to the people. Those affected seek help on social media while many others connect in virtual space to organise relief and take it to the right place. Twitter India’s Public Policy Head Mahima Kaul tells New Delhi blog how these virtual communities are playing a significant role

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.

My version of an inexpensive shelter that a church or other organization can construct and place outdoors on their premises to use as a winter time overflow ...

A growing number of American cities are ticketing or arresting homeless people for essentially being homeless. The new laws ban behavior commonly associated ...

Desperate to escape conflict and poverty, thousands of migrants and refugees attempt the perilous journey to Europe each year, with many crossing the Mediter...

►History has shown that drug prohibition reduces neither use nor abuse. ►After a rapist is arrested, there are fewer rapes. After a drug dealer is arrested, ...

High Society is a new VICE documentary series about drugs in the UK. British people statistically take more MDMA in one session than any other country on the...