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The Time Has Come for Girls to Take a Stand Worldwide
By Aisling McEntegart In a world where girls are encouraged from a young age not to laugh too loud or think too hard, paid less than their male counterparts for the same work and are routinely married...
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Knowing There's Nothing Wrong With Being Smart and Engaged
Omar Khedr, photo courtesy of Julie Hassett-Sutton/Frantic Studio via Global Kids I got to experience Global Kids in 10th grade through my high school, the Academy of American Studies, which was a...
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Watch This Firefighter Save Dog From Fire, Revive Pup Using Human Oxygen Mask
This firefighter understands that any life -- no matter the species -- is a life worth saving. Last Thursday, firefighters responded to a burning home in Virginia, rescuing the woman inside the house,...
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Entrepreneur Karen Civil Is Touring the Country to Deliver Positivity
What happens before and after recording a face-to-face interview with someone can go either way. Either you exchange mundane pleasantries about how it's nice to meet one another and the weather or you...
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Montgomery Gentry's Message to Female Fans: "Check Your Headlights"
What do you get when you take one of country music's most successful duos, add a new hit song, a tongue-in-cheek reference to the female anatomy, and a philanthropic focus? Montgomery Gentry's "Check...
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Harnessing the Power of Diversity Requires Strong Leadership and Culture
This article is written by Brittany Whitmore, Director of Communications, Procurify Today business is global. In order for companies take advantage of opportunities abroad, the same diversity should be...
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One Man's Quest for Standardized Electronic Health Records
When Joe Kanter was diagnosed with prostate cancer 20 years ago, he was shocked to discover that no scientific data was available to show which treatment worked best for patients like him. Kanter, now...
View ArticleViral Fun Is The New Philanthropy 2.0
More than $100 million. That’s how much the ice bucket challenge has raised for ALS, courtesy of three million plus people. According to the ALS Association, that represents a 3,500% increase from the...
View ArticleWhat Matters More Than Test Scores
As a nation, we worry far too much about PISA scores, which rank and rate students according to standardized tests. Many nations have higher average scores than we do, yet we are the most powerful...
View ArticleThe Time Is NOW for Women and Girls in Finance and Investing
I have choked back my "why" for too long. Yet moments like last week's announcement of 17 year old Malala Yousafzai receiving the Nobel Peace Prize gave me pause and hope that another reality is...
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An Instagram Post Gave This Teen His Eyesight Back
When North Carolina teen Jon Dase was diagnosed with keratoconus, a rare eyesight condition that can cause blindness, he feared he'd have to give up his lifelong dreams of serving in the Air Force....
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How One Musician Helped A Teen With Hearing Impairment Enjoy Her First Live...
Dutch teenager Vera van Dijk was born with a severe hearing impairment that made it impossible to understand her mother's voice or listen to pop music. But thanks to one savvy musician, the 19-year-old...
View ArticleA New Front in the War on ISIL: Syria's Lost Generation of University Students
Using the Arabic acronym for ISIL, Dr. Ammar Ibrahim, a refugee university professor from Aleppo, put the dilemma of Syria's Lost Generation of educated young people in the starkest terms possible:...
View Article7 Steps to Hand-wash Laundry and Challenge the Capitalist Patriarchy
Separate the underwear and socks from the shirts and pants, and soak in separate buckets of water Our job starts with a highly baptismal process. The submerging of our clothes in water symbolizes the...
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Yale Students Unite In Beautiful Response To Swastikas Drawn On Campus Sidewalk
When Yale College Dean Jonathan Holloway penned an Oct. 13 email to students about swastikas found chalked onto a campus sidewalk, he implored students to stand together as a community. "There is no...
View Article10-Year-Old Boy With Terminal Cancer Made Police Commissioner For A Day
A big dream of a 10-year-old Indian boy who has terminal cancer was fulfilled this week when he was given the opportunity to serve as the police commissioner of a major city for one whole day....
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Good Death vs. Doctor Knows Best
Barbara Coombs Lee, the sharp and articulate president of Compassion & Choices, spoke to the issue of death with dignity on PBS NewsHour October 14, with opposing views presented by Ira Byock,...
View ArticleTaking a Lesson From Malala
When Jon Amos Comenius proposed, four centuries ago, that all persons should be educated, so we could have Peace in the world, he laid the cornerstone for public education. It would take more than...
View ArticleRun to Remember: Honoring 160 Fallen Sisters in Iraq and Afghanistan
Often when Americans read or see statistics about servicemembers or veterans, they imagine strapping young men with buzz cuts. They often say things like 'bring back our boys' or speak of 'our fallen...
View ArticleMy Office Is in the Middle of a Desert
I found out today that my office is in the middle of a desert. On a U.S. map, it’s in Atlanta. But on the USDA’s Food Access Research Atlas, we’re located in the middle of a “food desert.” That means...
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