“There is actually no point in going to school if our world is going to die,” said one student as she marched through the streets of Brussels. On 24 January, more than…
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According to the FBI and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), hate crimes in the US have increased for the third consecutive year. In addition to reporting the rise in…
Education under the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria, a semi-autonomous region established by Syrian Kurds – with the support of the US military to help fight ISIS, emphasises the equal rights of…
The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a global framework to “…step up and shoulder our responsibilities toward refugees,” explained UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed. Winning an almost unanimous vote, the compact…
Gender inequality is one of the most pervasive development challenges, intersecting with economic inequalities, class, race and public health. The Sustainable Development Goals recognize this intersectionality. SDG5 focusses specifically on…
Roughly 50% of the world is online, and until recently, that percentage was increasing rapidly. UN data regarding internet users, which the UN defines as those who have connected to…
In August of 2018, the first visitors to Town Square® arrived at their purpose-built ‘reminiscence therapy’ scene. This 1950’s replica town square, located in a suburb of San Diego, California,…
Drought and increasingly erratic weather patterns are forcing Guatemalans to abandon their homes and farms. Both small and large-scale farms are struggling to maintain productivity and economic viability, resulting in…
Drawing on data from two decades of research in the United States and Mexico, new research published in the journal Nature suggests that increases in temperature correlate positively to increases…
Dr. Atul Gawande, a prominent surgeon, teacher, entrepreneur, public figure, and staff writer for The New Yorker, has been nominated CEO of an Amazon, JPMorgan Chase, and Berkshire Hathaway funded…
Iceland Airwaves, a festival this November, is one of 109 music festivals that have joined the Keychange Initiative to address gender inequality at live music events. With more than 50% of Iceland…
Yaniv Erlich, a geneticist at Columbia University has recently created a 13-million-person family tree thanks to his work with MyHeritage, a genealogy company. Erlich used the data from public profiles…
