Belinda Bauman

Teacher, speaker and writer

What if our pomp and circumstance is not only meant to celebrate our past but also inaugurate our future?

Peter Bosshard

Policy Director, International Rivers

Close to 600 million people in sub-Saharan Africa live in a state of permanent power outage. The Grand Inga Dam would divert the Congo River near its mouth and meet the electricity needs of more than 500 million people.

Reporters Uncensored

Web TV/Podcasts on Global Issues

By Tala Dowlatshahi This article originally appeared in passblue.com The cycle of sexual violence that has been churning throughout the eastern half...

Ruth Messinger

President, American Jewish World Service

On Mother's Day -- and every day -- I am reminded of how important it is to listen to mothers in the developing world, share their stories and be a partner in their struggle for human rights

Richard Attias

Founder, The New York Forum

Africa's agricultural sector has enormous scope for development, which would benefit both the continent's economy and its people. A recent report from...

International Rescue Committee

A Global Leader in Humanitarian Assistance

The women in Congo have always been the backbone of the country. Yet traditionally they have not been granted a voice. Today, though the process may be slow and sporadic, things are changing.

Charles Knight

Senior fellow, Project on Defense Alternatives

When strong majorities hold opinions opposing military intervention in Syria there is something other than isolationism going on.

Heshima Kenya

Non Profit Organization

One of the most rewarding things about our work is realizing the positive outcomes from our young women who have worked so hard to overcome their traumatic experiences and strive for a better life.

Marianne Schnall

Writer/Interviewer

"It wasn't until I got cancer, where I was suddenly being pricked and ported and chemoed and operated on, that I suddenly just became body. I was just a body. And it was in that, in that finally landing in myself that I really discovered the world in my body."

Brian T. Finney

Actor

The horror in the Congo continues, but instead of being silent, as Marlow in Heart of Darkness chose to do, we must speak about it. The horror won't end if nobody knows it exists.

Ambassador Muhamed Sacirbey

Former Bosnian foreign minister and ambassador to the United Nations

Are we placing too much emphasis on ideology and/or alleged grievances rather than the mindset and social development of the perpetrators?

Georgianne Nienaber

Writer, seeker, author

The grim month of April is here once again. Nineteen years ago the world stood by and watched the unthinkable become reality. Are we willing to force change?

Georgina Miranda

Founder of Climb Take Action

I am day 3 into my Everest for Congo expedition and it feels like yesterday that I was on this adventure two years prior.

CARE

A leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty and providing lifesaving assistance in emergencies

She feels pain everywhere, she says, in her abdomen, her back. But she hopes that once she receives some medication, she would feel better.

Jeffrey Laurenti

Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation

Last week, with scarcely a ripple in the public consciousness, a new initiative was quietly launched that could profoundly alter the world's international security landscape for decades ahead.

Belinda Bauman

Teacher, speaker and writer

Walking on the edge, Josh and Noisetrade are near the end of a two-week free download including all five of his albums -- his entire life's work -- with all tips going to World Relief's peacemaking effort in the DR Congo.