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...
Did Nepal Just Dodge a Bullet?Two years ago, I asked a top UN expert in disaster to describe the one scenario that keeps him up...
Earthquake in Nepal: “Our Nightmare Scenario,” Says UN OfficialAn earthquake in Katmandu is shaping up to be an horrific disaster. In 2013, I spoke with Jo Scheuer of...
