Linking Extreme Poverty and Global Terrorism
Jake Harriman, CEO of Nuru International, discusses how extreme poverty contributes to terrorism and global insecurity.
View ArticleBosco 2012: While We Hunt Kony, Another Indicted War Criminal Lives a Life of...
Tony Gambino and Lisa Shannon argue that the international community should press for the arrest of indicted war criminal, Bosco Ntaganda, who lives a life of luxury in Goma, Congo.
View ArticleReader Comments on my Africa Rising Column
Readers comment on my column about the rise of Africa, which may well be the next Asia in terms of economic growth.
View ArticleAfter Ferguson, When Will We Listen?
The people of Ferguson are speaking. Will America listen?
View ArticleVoluntourists Needed: Apply Within
I believe in voluntourism — that is to say, I believe we need to leave our islands of privilege and go see firsthand the inequality plaguing our world.
View ArticleWin a Trip in 2015
Here's how to apply to join me on a reporting trip to the developing world, in my 2015 win-a-trip contest for a student at an American university.
View ArticleThe Fight to End the Lord’s Resistance Army Violence
As the CEO of Invisible Children, I’ve always looked forward to the day when our organization would no longer be needed. That day is close.
View ArticleThe Engel Macher
It was while I was in a country where the names "Roe" and "Wade" are virtually unknown that I have learned the most about their legacy.
View ArticleFGM: A Modern-Day Scourge in the United States
Getting a more accurate estimate of women who have undergone female genital mutilation in the United States is a key step in stopping the practice.
View ArticleA Hunger Strike Against Corruption
Angolan rapper and activist Luaty Beirão has been on a hunger strike since Sept. 21 to protest his arrest and detention for allegedly conspiring to overthrow President José Eduardo dos Santos.
View ArticleMass Atrocities Looming in Burundi?
Leaders of Burundi are using language that recalls the run-up to the genocide in Rwanda next door. The international community needs to act urgently to avert what may be a humanitarian catastrophe.
View Article‘It’s Genital Genocide’
Leyla was subject to female genital mutilation as a girl in Somalia. Now living in England, she's a prominent advocate to end the practice.
View ArticleLeveraging Ebola to Tackle FGM
The outbreak of Ebola that started just over two years ago in Guinea seems to have led to surprising progress in the country's movement to curb female genital mutilation.
View ArticleSurgery: The Neglected Stepchild of Global Health
5 billion people around the world cannot access safe or affordable surgery.
View ArticleWhy The First 1,000 Days Matter Most
We've neglected nutrition in utero and infancy, with devastating consequences.
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