The best science shows that the chance of having one or more magnitude 6.7 or larger earthquakes in California over the next 30 years is greater than 99%. Su...

Sheryl WuDunn's book "Half the Sky" investigates the oppression of women globally. Her stories shock. Only when women in developing countries have equal acce...

The rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and Al Sham (ISIS) challenges Al Qaeda and its dominance of the global jihadist movement. While ISIS had its origin as ...

A home away from home for refugees in Mytilini. In September, Better Shelter supported UNHCR during a few days of assembly in Karatepe transit camp, Mytilini...

Alaa Murabit's family moved from Canada to Libya when she was 15. Before, she’d felt equal to her brothers, but in this new environment she sensed big prohib...

Activist and fundraiser Dan Pallotta calls out the double standard that drives our broken relationship to charities. Too many nonprofits, he says, are reward...

The Iranian authorities' admission that they mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet has sparked anti-government protests in Tehran, with US President Donald Trump tweeting his support.

Stella Young is a comedian and journalist who happens to go about her day in a wheelchair — a fact that doesn't, she'd like to make clear, automatically turn...