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Can A Rat Change The World? The Unusual Players In Social Innovation

Caty Borum Chattoo | Posted 05.21.2012

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Caty Borum Chattoo

Electric soccer balls, life-saving sleeping bags, and water on wheels...business as usual? Well, it depends on who you ask.

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Sarabah: A Female Rapper Wrestles With A Taboo Subject

Michal Shapiro | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: World Music, Yerosha Productions, Hip Hop, Tales From the Flipside of Paradise, Link TV, Women Make Movies, Fgc, Fatou Mandiang Diata, Documentary, Sister Fa, Piranha Records, Sarabah, Impact News
Michal Shapiro

Fatou is a driven woman. She was driven to rise to being one of the most recognized rappers in her homeland of Senegal, and now she is driven to stop the practice of female genital cutting.

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What Does It Take to Educate a Girl? (and Why Does It Matter?)

Caty Borum Chattoo | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Linktv, Girls, Education, Queen Rania, Ungei, Link TV, Millennium Development Goals, United Nations, Viewchange, Unicef, viewchange.org, Girls Education, Impact News
Caty Borum Chattoo

For millions of girls, going to school is a life dream that's out of reach. Why? Early marriage, child labor, pregnancy, lack of access, violence. Solving the problem is a gauntlet deeply grounded in cultural traditions and the ripple effects of poverty.

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Moms In Mind: A Look Into The Lives Of Mothers Around The World

Caty Borum Chattoo | Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: Global Development, Women's Issues, Children, Women's Health, Mother's Day, Motherhood, Global Poverty, Maternal Health, Maternal Mortality, Link TV, Save the Children, Impact News
Caty Borum Chattoo

In many parts of the developing world, the day a woman becomes a mother is a day too often obscured by terrible tragedy and danger. She will face losing her baby and losing her own life.

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Al Jazeera English Gets A Temporary Home In U.S.

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Al-Jazeera English has temporarily gained a long-sought American television outlet for its coverage of the Egyptian turmoil, an event...

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Information Poverty and Giving Thanks

Rory O'Connor | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rory O'Connor

A decade ago, I was in India, directing a documentary film about global poverty. While shooting there, I met a mischievous, roly-poly researcher name...

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VIDEO: Using Web 3.0 Technology to Share Stories that can Change the World

Caty Borum Chattoo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Web 3.0, Social Change, Social Impact, Semantic Web, Millennium Development Goals, Link TV, New Media, Global Aid, Media, Impact News
Caty Borum Chattoo

We have five more years to make good on the specific Millennium Declaration promise, but we have a lifetime to care for our fellow citizens of the world. Watch, connect, spread the information, and speak up.

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American Muslim Film Competition: One Nation, Many Voices

Wajahat Ali | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Link TV, American Muslim Artists, American Muslim Film Competition, Muslim Americans, Entertainment News
Wajahat Ali

Link TV's Muslim American Film Competition should be applauded for using more than two paint colors to characterize the vitality of the American Muslim experience.

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Speak Up for Human Rights: The Price of Silence is Much Too High

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Argentina's Dirty War, Alicia Partnoy, Emmanuel Jal, Breaking Entertainment News, War on Terror, Link TV, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Guantanamo, United Nations, Eleanor Roosevelt, UN General Assembly, International Law, Samuel Kofi Woods, Child Soldier, Barack Obama, Amnesty International, Mary Robinson, Patriot Act, Human Rights, The Price of Silence, Sudan, Music Has No Enemies, Itunes, Torture, 100 Days, Entertainment News
Marcia G. Yerman

2008-12-09-marcia_silence.jpg In an effort to rally attention to the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Amnesty International is releasing the international song and video, The Price of Silence.

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