Deborah Hughes knows all the facts and figures behind homelessness. More importantly though, she knows the formula for success: a two-generation approach to ...

"NGO's and Social Initiatives" A Panel Discussion with Sophia Burton (Co-Founder of Collidoscope), Mohsen Naderia (FilmMaker), Alen Tabakovic (MACROMEDIA Cam...

James D. Long explores how to reduce corruption and improve government performance by using technology to empower citizens. Violence, intimidation, and vote ...

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 ...

2 billion people in the world live on less than $2 a day. But how can we fight global poverty? Through fair trade! The moment we sip our coffee in the mornin...

Neuroscientist Greg Gage takes sophisticated equipment used to study the brain out of graduate-level labs and brings them to middle- and high-school classrooms (and, sometimes, to the TED stage.) Prepare to be amazed as he hooks up the Mimosa pudica, a plant whose leaves close when touched, and the Venus flytrap to an EKG to show us how plants use electrical signals to convey information, prompt movement and even count.

Some reform groups believe the justice system should treat young adult offenders differently. Could a project in south London lead the way in terms of their ...

The Magazine Innovation Center at The University of Mississippi's Meek School of Journalism hosted the ACT 2 Experience last October. We asked 17 media exper...