This Video Shows Why Delivering Nepal Earthquake Relief Requires Very Skilled (and Brave) DriversThis video from UNICEF does a good job showing just how difficult the road conditions are in Nepal, and how...
This Amazing Woman Was A Translator at the Original United Nations ConferenceEllen Magnin Newman was a star high school student in San Francisco in 1945 when world leaders came to her...
This Giant Mural in Oakland, California Commemorates the 70th Anniversary of the United NationsOn June 26, 1945 representatives of 50 countries gathered in San Francisco sign the the United Nations Charter, the treaty...
Episode 69: Kakenya NtaiyaWhen Kakenya Ntaiya was a teenager in her small Kenyan village, she made a deal with her father. She would undergo...
Meet a 2015er: Michael Mullane“I like to think I care about the future of the planet, I have a family. Truth is, if there’s...
Air Conditioners Can Teach Us A Lot About International DevelopmentWhat’s the relationship between air conditioning, air temperature and income levels? In other words, at what income level and in...
Meet a 2015er: Miroslav Polzer“We should have local communities organize themselves and mobilize resources for their interests and the global community should provide additional...
The Rohingya Boat Refugee CrisisA dangerous game of human pingpong is underway in the Adaman Sea between Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. Thousands of...
The Digital BeltwayMashable and the United Nations Foundation are teaming up again today for an afternoon conference in Washington, DC that will...