Period poverty is one of the biggest problems endured by women in India today, with 23 million girls dropping out of school ...

Little of the cobalt mined in the DRC is processed domestically or on the continent. Instead, the raw material is shipped to China for refining. The journey between these mining and refining hubs is ...

Despite its triumphs, Rwanda still has work to do to ensure the long-term success of its healthcare. However, its system has proved resoundingly successful compared to that of its neighbors.

A public interest technologist, Bruce Schneier is the author of the internationally renowned blog "Schneier on Security" and a fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society.

The picture is a popular one: Cuban doctors born, raised, and trained on the island, working side-by-side with doctors in countries around the world, providing healthcare to patients and training to ...

"Recently, French protesters took to the streets and social media platforms, exposing the harsh realities of being a minority in a nation that prides itself on its policies of unwavering universalism.

Militaries should not use depleted uranium if research shows that it harms human health. This kind of rigorous scrutiny must be extended to all weapons, with prohibitions on military technology that ...

Behind closed doors, Disney, and indeed all of Hollywood, have been self-censoring plots, characters, and dialogues for decades to appease the Chinese Communist Party.

Daryl Davis is a jazz musician who engages directly with members of the Ku Klux Klan to broaden their worldviews. He has directly inspired over 200 Klansmen to leave the organization, and dismantled ...

While the ephemerality of the spotlight on Russian gas risks making bans on fossil-fuel financing a tool for political gain, this hyper-attention also presents an opportunity for countries to push ...

Russia and Japan have yet to sign a formal peace treaty to end World War II. Both nations’ reluctance boils down to their dispute over a string of islands stretching from Hokkaido, Japan’s ...