This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There are a growing number of financial technology companies starting up across the globe in an effort to find ways to harness technology to reach underserved or unserved customers. While…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) provides schooling for Palestinian refugee children, health care for Palestinians most in need, and other public services. Cutting aid to this population…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As part of our “Americans in the UN” project to share the stories of Americans who work for the United Nations, we talked to Stephen Anderson, the World Food Programme…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. American identity is by nature political, and involving yourself in issues that matter isn’t always easy. So what does a civic life actually look like? Here are four concrete ways…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Iftikhar Nizami, the former country director of ActionAid in Pakistan, received a government notice to shut down his NGO’s operations in December, he was stunned. In 2005, the South Africa-based organization…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From government bodies, United Nations agencies, Red Cross societies, and NGOs to 50,000 individual contributors in 40 countries, an interconnected global community is using remotely-sensed imagery from satellites and drones to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Sitting in a tarpee erected outside the Capitol Building in the US state of Washington, seven Indigenous women and their supporters have vowed to stay put. They will stay until they are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Each time we discover a new technology, most of the time it yields huge benefits. But there’s also a chance we discover a technology with more destructive power than we…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The president signed an executive order on October 12th, 2017 that will allow small employers to join associations of small business — such as farm bureaus or chambers of commerce — that provide…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On December 4, 2000, the United Nations declared December 18 as International Migrants Day. The U.N. did so to recognize the increasing number of migrants around the world and to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To empower women and girls in the patriarchal Maasai society in Kenya, young men must become part of the conversation about gender equality and girls’ education and advocate for girls’…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Africa’s Agenda 2063 are now well underway. Notably, though, policymakers and other stakeholders often encounter challenges when trying to measure countries’ progress towards…