This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2015, global leaders signed up to the most ambitious development agenda the world has ever seen, agreeing to 17 sustainable development goals. The pledge was to “leave no one…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Larry Nassar was sentenced to a maximum of 175 years in prison for sexually assaulting girls and young women in his care, some watched the proceedings in disbelief. Maya Weinstein, a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Black Panther” is notable for a number of reasons. It is the first comic-book movie in decades to have a black protagonist. It was shot by one of the best…
In 2006, the slogan #MeToo started as a movement by American activist Tarana Burke as a way to show solidarity with victims of sexual assault. That slogan went viral overnight…
There have been four cases of sexual harassment reported in the World Health Organization in 2016, according to an internal audit report presented to the World Health Assembly in May 2017. At a time…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Kerry Washington, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Laverne Cox, and Angela Robinson, along with Lena Waithe, were all speaking on Monday at The NAACP Image Awards, an award show that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There was a shift in focus from providing aid to investing in Africa at the African Diaspora Investment Symposium (ADIS) in January. Attendees commented that the process of implementing effective development…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Yet another prominent animal rights activist is being accused of treating women badly. This time, the spotlight is trained on Alex Hershaft, an 83-year-old Holocaust survivor, the founder of a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Young people across the country are improving media representation for people of color, promoting literacy education, speaking out against bullying, and much more. In honor of Black History Month, we…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “I would like to see the scientist working on beans; do you know where I can find him?” I got asked this question more times that I could count. As…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the wake of news that some of the men involved in the Oxfam sexual misconduct scandal went on to find work elsewhere in the aid sector, humanitarian organizations are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For millions of young girls and boys around the world marriage is not a choice. It interrupts their childhood, forcing them into perilous cycles that are all too often impossible to…