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December 2015

War and Peace

The Forgotten War in Afghanistan: And how the US military tries to keep it that way

One year ago, the United States and allied forces in Afghanistan ceremonially lowered the flag at military headquarters...

Dec 31, 2015
Season 1 - Foreverstan |Episode 4

Razia’s way

How do you convince the conservative men of Afghanistan to get behind girls' education? This is the story...

Dec 30, 2015
War and Peace

Can Afghanistan Be Saved?

By Jean MacKenzie KABUL -- Even for Afghanistan, a country where bad news is more the rule than...

Dec 29, 2015
Rights

The Zabuli School: The Future

DEH’SUBZ, Afghanistan — The seven girls graduating from the school here on the outskirts of Kabul this fall...

Dec 29, 2015
War and Peace

The First Graduation of the Zabuli school

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - Razia Jan woke up before dawn on the eve of the big graduation. It was...

Dec 27, 2015
Water gushes from a fire hydrant along Harrison Street as part of a system maintenance program with the Flint Water Department thought to clear out potential contaminants from the water mains on Tuesday, May 12, 2015. (Brittany Greeson/GroundTruth)
Health

We Fear the Water: Residents struggle to cope with Flint water crisis

It was April 2014 when, at the push of a button, the Flint River — which hadn’t been...

Dec 23, 2015
A New Light

Syrian Exodus

This summer, a historic wave of immigrants from war-torn Syria made an often perilous journey to Europe. They...

Dec 22, 2015
Short Films

The Exodus of Refugees: History in the Making

The migration of people tells the history of the world. Migration has been our shared narrative since biblical...

Dec 22, 2015
Environment

South African photographer captures life across our ‘Drowning World’

A version of this piece appeared on Business Insider.  PARIS, France – Two women in brightly colored saris pause for the camera on their...

Dec 22, 2015
Environment

Meet the guy who builds drones to preserve forests… and learn how to make your own!

When Irendra Radjawali was a researcher studying coral reefs in Indonesia, he attached a point-and-shoot camera to a...

Dec 21, 2015
A New Light

Photographing the ‘Lost Generation’ of refugees

Italian photographer Alessandro Penso was just chosen as TIME magazine's pick for story of the year for his work on...

Dec 21, 2015
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