The Power of Global Learning: Making the Foreign Familiar
Growing up in a small city in Illinois raised by my working class grandparents, my definition of culture was having an A&W Root beer and a foot-long hotdog from 7/11. This was a treat that my...
View ArticleWhere Is the Netflix for College Textbooks?
College textbooks cost too much. It's been a huge problem for decades. A lingering thorn to students and their parent's every semester, regrettably chronicled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics which...
View ArticleUganda's Anti-Gay Law Prompts International Aid Cuts
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda's government has been hit with substantial aid cuts after the president enacted a severe anti-gay measure over which some Western governments had warned of consequences....
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Jimmy Kimmel Donates 'Suit Of The Loom' To Help A 7-Year-Old Fight Pediatric...
Last month, Jimmy Kimmel called on kids and parents to send in Rainbow Loom bracelet creations so that he could get an entire Suit Of The Loom made to wear on his show. One video that Kimmel received...
View ArticleLittle Kid Amazes Costco Shoppers With Piano Skills (VIDEO)
The last thing you'd expect to get at Costco is a free concert. But for a few unsuspecting customers, that's exactly what happened. While shopping with his parents, a fedora rocking child name Felipe...
View ArticleIs Education a Human Right?
Going beyond the rhetoric, should access to education be legally protected and addressed as a human right under international law? Education is increasingly highlighted as fundamental to the...
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Think Empathy's Just a Nice Idea? Think Again...
Empathy In Action: How a Concept is Making Real Change In the World The world can be a scary and confusing place when you're a kid, even if you're one of the lucky ones and have every imaginable...
View ArticleI'm with Phil -- Are You?
It was supposed to be a joke, a dumb stunt I pulled to attract some media attention. Then a tornado struck and it wasn't so funny anymore. I could start from the very beginning, but I won't, other than...
View ArticleSuccess in Impact Investing Through Policy Symbiosis
Co-authored with Cathy Clark and Jed Emerson. Some may be surprised to hear it, but impact investing would barely exist -- certainly not at its current, modest scale -- but for the support and...
View Article3 Simple Practices To Build Stronger Interest In Your Company's Cause Work...
Millennials are poised to make up over half of our global workforce by 2020. It makes sense, then, that we're seeing a parade of articles and blogs "profiling" this emerging generation. Companies are...
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This 99-Year-Old Man Begs Every Day And Gives It All Away To Churches And...
To the unfamiliar passerby, Dobri Dobrev, 99, may come off as a haggard beggar who depends on the kindness of strangers to get by in life. But, for the residents of Sofia, Bulgaria, Dobrev is nothing...
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Faced With Cancer, This 8-Year-Old Chef Started His Own Gourmet Cooking Show
Filet mignon accompanied by sides of asparagus and a yucca purée. Golden fish fillets in a lemon butter reduction. And for dessert? A mouth-watering fruit salad a la créme de passion fruit. That's...
View ArticleTapping in to the Real Value of Creativity
The California Arts Council -- the state's agency responsible for arts education policy-setting -- recently concluded a comprehensive strategic planning process involving an extensive statewide survey...
View ArticleWhat It Would Take To Get More Young People Serving
What does it mean to serve your country? That was the question at the heart of a HuffPost Live segment about civic responsibility that addressed President Obama's call to action in this year's State of...
View ArticleThis Video Shows How Violence Is Making It Impossible For Women, Girls To...
Across the globe, 4 billion people live in poverty. But, money woes aren’t necessarily their chief concern. It’s figuring out how to escape the violence that threatens their lives. In his new book "The...
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Rhino Poaching In Kenya Doubled In 2013
Armed poachers slaughtered double the number of Kenyan rhinos in 2013 compared to the year before amid a surge in wildlife killings, government officials said Thursday.At least 59 rhinos were killed...
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Last Country To Abolish Slavery Adopts Roadmap To End Practice
The United Nations envoy on modern-day slavery said on Thursday Mauritania had agreed to adopt a roadmap for eradicating the trade, which campaigners say remains widespread in the west African...
View ArticleMattel Uses Barbie to Titillate Adult Male Sports Fans
In the past, Mattel has downplayed Barbie's sex appeal, by marketing her to young girls as a politician, a physician, an ambassador for world peace, a veterinarian, an astronaut and a computer...
View ArticleIn Some Countries, Men Leaving Food On The Table For Wives Is Gender Rights...
Gender discrimination around the world has resulted in the unequal distribution of power, resources and opportunities -- but many might be surprised to know that it also extends to the way men and...
View ArticleTackling the Childhood Literacy Gap
Amidst urban gentrification, it can be easy to forget about the early education crisis that persists in many American cities. In my own neighborhood, as I enter the bright, new Target store, I tend to...
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