By Eric Johnson Right now one-third of young people around the globe, between the ages of 15 and...
Jun 14, 2016
The accomplished dream of a Dreamer
An immigrant New Yorker worked hard for 24 years, sought legal immigration status, but was barred from re-entry...
Jun 01, 2016
Women are ‘the first victims’ of economic instability
COPENHAGEN, Denmark– If 32-year-old Brian Mutebi from Uganda had a motto, it would be: "Don't wait." As the...
May 27, 2016
Hard Lessons: Afghan schools fear rising violence
Miriam, an 11-year-old from Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, believes she and her family are lucky to have escaped...
Apr 19, 2016
Portraits of Resilience: Puerto Rican millennials face economic meltdown with a spirit of pa’lante
Felix Rodriguez DeJesus, 21, is studying Architecture at the Pontifical Catholic University in Puerto Rico and is the...
Mar 01, 2016
Boston youth rally against unemployment, incarceration
BOSTON — Amid the crowd of hundreds of teenagers armed with megaphones and homemade signs, a line of...
Feb 23, 2016
The Girls’ Schools: What will tomorrow bring?
Before US troops arrived in Afghanistan in 2001, the harsh rule of the Taliban forbade girls' education. Today...
Jan 04, 2016
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
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
Women bear consequences of climate change and global conflict
LE BOURGET, Paris — The idea that climate change is intensifying conflict around the world is increasingly being accepted...
Dec 11, 2015
