Levi Felix, 11.24.2009
Chieft Activist Officer at Causecast.org and ThisIsTheWorldWeLiveIn.com
For the next 6-9 months, I will be traveling around the world capturing stories of leadership and heroism, learning about communities in need, and connecting them with the support of those looking to give it.
Alex Remington, 11.13.2009
Pop culture guru and Yahoo Sports baseball blogger
You probably didn't see Ong-Bak 2, the prequel to spectacular 2003 film that introduced American audiences to muay thai, the Thai national martial art...
Mitchell Warren, 10.05.2009
Executive Director, AVAC
Before embarking on the necessary process of questioning and debating the results of a recent HIV prevention trial, the world should take a moment to celebrate an historic finding.
Jeff Antebi, 10.04.2009
Music industry entrepreneur and photographer
I went to South Thailand and observed a little bit of what voting was like. In a span of less than three days, I visited several bombing scenes and a man I was supposed to meet was assassinated.
Dr. Peter Klatsky, 11.24.2009
Physician
Multiple news agencies reported that a trial vaccine reduced the risk of HIV infection by 30 percent. While I am encouraged by the results, we have yet to find a silver bullet.
Jim Luce, 11.17.2009
Thought Leaders and Global Citizens
For each piece of footwear that GreenSoul Shoes sell, they give one away to an underprivileged child in need in that same community.
Michael Giltz, 11.10.2009
Freelance writer and raconteur
While Cannes is still the Wimbledon of festivals, Toronto is the other one that matters most. Come here to catch the hottest films from Cannes, fall releases looking to tout themselves, and Oscar hopefuls.
Craig and Marc Kielburger, 09.28.2009
Co-founders, Free The Children
10 years. That's the length of the sentence that Thai man, Suwicha Thakor, received in April for posting two comments on a website deemed insulting to Thailand's monarchy.
Johann Hari, 09.11.2009
Columnist, London Independent
Nobody knows why Cambodia's malaria parasites are such buffed-up hyper-Darwinian winners. Some scientists think it's because the treatments have been used there so long that the parasites have a head-start.
Jim Luce, 08.21.2009
Thought Leaders and Global Citizens
Bekele Geleta grew up in Ethiopia where he developed a strong understanding of the critical role of Red Cross Red Crescent principles, such as neutrality in matters of politics and religion.
World Vision, 07.13.2009
World Vision
The immigration officer told us that one of his duties was to bring back the bodies of Cambodians killed in Thailand. According to him, there were several each month -- shot, beaten or drowned.
Greg Barrett, 07.11.2009
Author/THE GOSPEL of FATHER JOE
If Thailand wants invitations to closed-door U.N. meetings, it needs to stop marketing its women and children.
Casey Sherman, 07.10.2009
Bestselling Author
The body is a merely a canvas on which to find evidence that may be hidden to the naked eye.
Lisa Sharkey, 07.06.2009
Quite often people ask me how much more it costs to "go green." And often my answer is that rather than spending money, there are free ways to go green that actually save you money.
Tabby Biddle, 07.06.2009
Writer
In Buddhism one is advised to release desirous attachments to eliminate pain and suffering in one's life, however could it be that denying aspects of your very human self causes its own kind of pain?
Andrea Chalupa, 06.28.2009
Editor at Walletpop
Green compares Unbroke to the Schoolhouse Rock shorts: funny and informative. "I'm concerned for all of America's youth who grew up watching My Super Sweet 16 and Cribs."
Sara Avant Stover, 06.24.2009
Writer, yogini, and women's lifestyle expert.
I'm tired today. Really tired. The kind of tired that green tea (I'm not a coffee drinker) or eight hours of sleep can remedy.
Michael Giltz, 06.24.2009
Freelance writer and raconteur
The Oscars have nothing on Cannes for brevity and wit and fun.
Michael Russnow, 06.11.2009
Screenwriter, former Member Writers Guild West Board of Directors
The Amazing Race provides fewer decision-making opportunities and clocks less mileage in each episode, thus diminishing the potential for bad luck affecting the teams. What's the reason?
Roger Warner, 06.05.2009
Historian and documentary filmmaker
As it turns out, underperformance and doublespeak are par for the course among U.S. officials involved in the three-nation Hmong crisis.
Andy Worthington, 05.25.2009
Journalist and author of "The Guantanamo Files"
For the defendants of the use of torture by U.S. forces -- still led by former Vice President Dick Cheney -- this has been a rocky few weeks.