VIDEO: A BBC Journalist Snuck Into Yemen To Report on the Worst Humanitarian CrisisJournalists routinely hitch rides on UN planes. If there is space on airlifts transporting humanitarian goods and personnel, the UN...
Everything you know about Sweatshops is WrongSubscribe on iTunes, Stitcher or get the app to listen later. Chris Blattman is a development economist who routinely conducts experiments to test ideas related...
Trump wants to dismantle Wall Street Reform. Here’s what that could mean for…CongoThe Trump administration’s hostility toward the 2010 Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (aka the Dodd-Frank Act) should come as...
A Trump Administration Proposal Would Put Clean Drinking Water out of Reach for Millions Around the WorldEd note. This is a special guest post from Sarina Prabasi, CEO of WaterAid America. 2.1 billion people around the world...
Here’s How Much Even a Small Decrease in Measles Vaccine Coverage Will Cost Hospitals in the USAbout 93% of children aged 2 to 11 in the United States have received their Measles, Mumps Rubella Vaccine–MMR last...
The Tangled Politics of Search and Rescue Operations in the MediterraneanSince the early 1990s, North Africa has served as a jumping point for migrants trying to reach Europe. Then, as...
PODCAST: An Unprecedented Coalition of NGOs Has Formed to Fight a Global Food Emergency On July 17 a very rare thing happened in the world of humanitarian relief. Eight organizations that typically compete...
What The Saga of the Afghanistan Girls Robotics Team Can Teach Us About Girls Education Worldwide16 years ago, a girls’ robotics team from Afghanistan could not even exist. During the brutal rule of the Taliban, Afghan...
Map of the Day: The Most Dangerous Countries For Environmental ActivistsThe UK-based non-profit Global Witness put out their annual tally of those murdered protecting land, water and wildlife in their communities, and...