Our global food system is broken. Sure, the supermarket shelves in some countries are piled high with affordable foods from around the globe. But take a closer look and it's not hard to see the cracks in the system.
The Islamic Penal Code and other institutions across the country designed around religious doctrine have proven incapable of supporting a standard of human rights acceptable in today's world.
The Global Peace Film Festival unites filmmakers and film-goers who are inspired to take action in their daily lives to leave the world a more peaceful place.
I am aware of how these healthy and proud children are growing up to be outstanding Ethiopian citizens. They need our love and support. It can't be 39 or 39,000 -- it must be all of them.
Over in Uganda, the interconnectedness of children comes into full relief. They're not just getting school supplies, they're learning about what's happening on the other side of the world.
The World Memory Project allows people to both search and add stories, context and personal histories to complete the full picture of the Holocaust period and the dramatic loss and suffering of millions.
Despite the vision for a Veterans Corps, we have not moved aggressively enough to develop these types of programs. The primary challenge has been the uncertainty of Americorps funding.
The U.S. housing market is still mired in a horrible slump, with depressed home prices, a weak sales market, and pathetic levels of new home construction.
Founded in 1991 , Kickstart is a social enterprise working to systematically end poverty for thousands of people, by getting tools into the hands of entrepreneurs eager to start profitable businesses.
The tornado hit just a short time after Will reached a major milestone in his life, on the stage at the Leggett & Platt Center on the Missouri Southern State University campus, receiving his high school diploma.
Allow me to take you to the whirlwind inside Internet Week New York known as GIRLS WHO ROCK -- the benefit concert for She's the First, to be held on Friday, June 10 at Gramercy Theatre.
The key may be in Haiti's time-tested agricultural or faming tradition and expertise. Workers are ready to work and the lucky ones have cooperatives led by people who care about their employees' well-being.
So this past January, in the quiet of the night, volunteers spanned across cities to count homeless persons. The results are being announced now.
Nestled between Mother's Day and Father's Day is National Foster Care Month, a time when we celebrate the love, caring, and sacrifices that mothers and fathers who care for other people's children make.
One of the first of our building series is with a company that works in something very, well, concrete. CEMEX is one of the largest building materials companies in the world.
Once a year, I teach a course at the University of California Berkeley campus about social entrepreneurship. But I also love visiting the Stanford campus for three tipping point reasons.
For Warren Buffet and me, giving feels really good, because the truth is, we receive more than the supposed recipient. This thing we call "love of humankind," philanthropy, infuses our whole being with love of self.
Kennedy is not only a second grader from Newbury Park, CA, but she is also proud to be a Friendly Neighborhood Helper. Friendly Neighborhood Helpers is a 501(c)(3) charity that she conceived in order to help kids help others, through art.
Yes, the news has been good of late, but I think the entire Meatless Monday team was dumbfounded when the data came back.
Dr. Jane Aronson, 2011.06.01
