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What It's Like To Be An Ebola Survivor In Sierra Leone (PHOTOS)
Mohammed Elshamy is an Anadolu Agency photojournalist covering the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Through his work in Sierra Leone, he was able to meet a 38-year-old mother of four who survived Ebola,...
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International Day of the Girl: Afghanistan Through the Eyes of the Girl.
Photocredit: Paula Bronstein/Getty. This year's theme for International Day of the Girl is Empowering Adolescent Girls: Ending the Cycle of Violence. Afghanistan remains one of the most dangerous...
View ArticleGlobal Development's Latest Challenge: Conference Fatigue
They say those who can't do, teach. But those who can do neither? They attend conferences. Harsh as this claim may seem, anyone who has attended a global development conference in recent years could...
View Article2030, This Is the End.
Will it really be "The End" like The Doors were telling us back in the seventies or will it not? Today we have enough data about our ecosystems to make sound decisions that could potentially shift the...
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How One Teen Inspired An Entire Community Using Post-it Notes
After high school student Caitlin Prater-Haacke was cyberbullied, she wanted to do something that would uplift her school community. In response to an incident where Prater-Haacke was left hurtful...
View ArticleFrom Combat Field to College Football - The Story of Daniel Rodriguez
(CNN) – Clemson Tiger wide receiver Daniel Rodriguez, 24, will go up against the Louisville Cardinals this Saturday. The college football player is also an Army veteran, whose journey from the combat...
View ArticleHow Not To Talk To A Woman On The Street
"Why don't you smile?" "Nice tits, honey!" While these comments may not seem like they have much in common, when said to a stranger in a public space, they both qualify as street harassment. The...
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Voters With Disabilities Can Influence Election
Candidates are spending millions to win hotly contested elections as key battlegrounds are being drawn. Dozens of governor's races are in play, as is control of the United States Senate. Now, according...
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New Skid Row Homeless Apartment Complex Has A Running Track And Art Studio
A new apartment building opened in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday, offering a community garden, library, running track, art room and exercise facilities to tenants. Though it may sound like standard...
View Article5 Things Everyone Needs To Understand About Breast Cancer Awareness
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, and there's much more to conquering this disease than wearing pink. At a Conversation for the Cure panel on Oct. 9, presented by Glamour magazine and Ann...
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Firefighters Make Daring Rescue Of Man Trapped In Flood Waters
Dramatic helicopter news footage captured the incredible work of one fire crew and their heroic rescue of a man trapped in a van. Parts of Arizona experienced flash flooding and heavy rain from the...
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GlobalGirl Media Network Puts Girls at the Center of the Story
GlobalGirls of Los Angeles during their summer media training academy. Photo courtesy of GlobalGirl Media. Do you know about International Day of the Girl? It's coming up tomorrow. In 2012, the United...
View ArticleFinally, A Good News Day For Pakistan
Last winter, as I reported in Pakistan on the plight of religious minorities increasingly under attack in the Muslim-majority country, there was one question people shot back at me in nearly every...
View ArticleInside the Heart of an Epidemic
I am not sure that in my 16 years with Save the Children that I have seen -- and felt myself -- such palpable fear in a place as I did last week in Liberia. But it is a fear that comes at you in waves,...
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A Reason to 'Sing for Hope'
Adapted with permission from an article published in the Juilliard Journal in May 2004, shared here a decade later as we prepare to join this weekend with Houston Mayor Annise Parker, Bering Omega...
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National Coming Out Day: Coming Out in Indian Country
I had a few choices of holidays to honor this week, and since Columbus Day isn't really my thing, I'm going with National Coming Out Day. To celebrate, I decided to talk with some LGBTQ people in my...
View ArticleGay American Men Shockingly Ignorant About HIV/AIDS, Kaiser Study Finds
A Kaiser Family Foundation survey of what gay American men know and how we behave when it comes to HIV shows a stunning level of ignorance and denial 33 years since the virus began to kill...
View ArticleIsraeli And Palestinian Teens Sing About 'Home' Together
The Palestinian and Israeli members of the YMCA Jerusalem Youth Chorus both call the ancient city of Jerusalem their home. Despite the decades of conflict that divide their communities, the teen...
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Transgender Violence Tracking Portal: One Year Later
For the first time ever, there is a database where people the world over can see exactly what is happening to transgender people globally in terms of violent acts against them. The Transgender Violence...
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8 Truths About Violence Against Girls. Plus Who's Fighting It And What You...
Saturday marks the third annual International Day of the Girl Child, and the UN is focusing this year's advocacy efforts on preventing acts of violence against girls. The sensitivities around the issue...
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