Residents of Kashadaha village visit the Kashadaha Anando school in Kashadaha village, Bangladesh. © Domini...

Jeffrey Sachs: 'we need to press governments to follow through on what they've promised'. Max Rossi/Reuters M Nia...

From where I sit, Trump sounds as if he is speaking of a far-away place that he has never visited. It is not a real place but rather an amalgamation of our country's worst problems. When Trump says "inner city" it is code speak for "black." Trump's inner city is known only for crime, drugs, gangs, violence, and failing schools. He speaks as a white savior, proclaiming that he will turn the cities around.

Haiti is one of those places that steals your heart and then breaks it over and over again.

Donald Trump just entered his seventh bankruptcy. This time, its not a financial one. Donald Trump is morally bankrupt.

Our children are the most vulnerable and least responsible for the situation they are in. Whatever their parents have done right or wrong, it is in our national self-interest to ensure children survive and thrive.

It's difficult to see how issues like charter schools and private prisons are related. But the evidence is in. Privatization, a key pillar of political attacks on government in the last few decades, has been a key driver of today's historic inequality.

My work in empowering youth began when I was working with street children in Mumbai. I noticed many of them were creative and entrepreneurial in their...

God found a lot of different ways to raise my awareness of the problems of poverty and injustice. For one thing, I started hanging out with Mike King.

One of the lesser known success stories in global health is about the progress we have made over the past decade in controlling and eliminating neglected tropical diseases or NTDs. And yes, the term "neglected" is there for a reason: because these diseases affect the poorest of the poor and have endured largely due to indifference and neglect.

A few years ago, I took a trip to San Francisco that changed my life. It wasn’t a cushy vacation with sightseeing and luxurious hotels and fanc...

Women and children at work sorting coffee The truth is that Fairtrade and certified coffee, chai and cacao are anything but ...

It appears some establishment voices have picked up on a way of opposing the idea of the monthly citizen dividend of about $1,000 per month, known as universal basic income (UBI), in a way that successfully leaves some progressively minded people afraid.

That this country can so easily turn its heart and eyes away from those in such dire need is troubling beyond words.

When I think about the history of my family, it seems displacement is coded into our DNA. For centuries my people have been moving—the Jews fle...

The 2016 Opportunity Summit was an important day for nearly 900 cross-sector leaders, policymakers, and youth from across the country helping address ...