This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From donating blood to contacting your elected representatives to support stricter gun controls, you can do something. Donate Money Those unable to donate blood can give money to organizations helping…
Many don’t think to search “public health” as an issue when they want to research gun violence. But in this video, the Harvard Injury Control Research Center makes the case.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s not easy to visit North Korea if you work on human rights. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has repeatedly rejected the requests of UN human rights officials…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What we need most of all isn’t mourning, but action to lower the toll of guns in America. Since 1970, more Americans have died from guns (including suicides, murders and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new fund to boost smart affordable housing options in Bangladesh is one of the first major announcements from the UNDP’s SDG Impact Finance initiative — an enterprise that took UNDP’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. President Trump has spoken about the plight of Christians in the Middle East, but he has done little to effect change. Far lower percentages of Christians and Yazidis are returning…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Bad data may have played a part in Facebook’s part in the election Responding to a cavalierly-tweeted charge of anti-Trump bias from the President of the United States, Zuckerberg again repeated his…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How can we engage on reducing gun violence? Groundbreaking research by Benenson Strategy Group (BSG) and Lester and Associates lays out a series of proposed policy solutions for gun violence…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Disaster relief is never an easy task: Irma and Harvey survivors have the nation’s attention right now. But to meet their needs—now and in the future—we need a bold, new…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A water deal between Israelis and Palestinians reached earlier this month will ease the chronic shortages that have threatened to become a public health risk for the Palestinian people, particularly…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new United Nations chief bent on reform. An unpredictable American president set to deliver his first address. Persistent humanitarian crises and flaring global hotspots. Emerging technologies that could revolutionize…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We have to admit that democracy is experiencing a crisis of confidence. Not only does it face increasingly assertive opponents, but growing numbers of its beneficiaries either take it for…