This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For now, the majority of family planning options are designed for women, and options for men are limited to condoms, vasectomies, and the withdrawal method of contraception. Although these options…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Creating opportunity for the arts —and equitable access to the arts— is key to building healthy, vibrant and compassionate people and communities. This isn’t just our opinion. It’s backed by…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Leonardo DiCaprio transformed himself into the celebrity face of the movement to combat climate change, donating millions to conservation causes and starring in an Al Gore-style documentary last year. But the actor’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While men and women alike are finding renewed hope that their stories of sexual harassment, violations, assaults and abuses will spark real change—both in the workplace and out—the “bro culture,”…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A flurry of racially charged incidents at schools this fall—attributable to everything from homecoming to the polarized political climate—has caught many educators and administrators off guard. In October, the examples…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A group of 25 refugees have been evacuated from Libya to Niger to have resettlement claims processed, in the first operation of its kind from the North African country, the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Halima came to Bangladesh three months ago to escape the violence in Northern Rakhine. She does not know where her family are and arrived with her neighbours. More than half…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More than half the founders of $1 billion U.S. startups were born abroad (see, “Immigrants and the American Economy). An Obama-era rule, postponed by the Trump administration, would have given…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Human trafficking is more prevalent than many people think. Nearly 21 million victims around the world – including in the United States – are currently trapped in modern-day slavery, according…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Daniel Kish has lived most of his life a blind person. During his first year of life, both of his eyes were removed due to a rare cancer. Kish has since…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last week, a day after The New York Times reported many years’ worth of sexual-harassment allegations against film producer Harvey Weinstein, another alarming report appeared, this one in Science magazine. The setting was different—Antarctic research expeditions,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For decades, immigrants from Cuba have held a uniquely preferential position in U.S. immigration law, owing to Cold War-era tensions between the two rivals. Cubans have been among the top…