Third World

What Third World Travel Has Taught Me

Robert Schrader | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Poverty, Third World, Economy, Recession, Budget Travel, Backpackers, Traveling in the Third World, Travel Blogs, Travel News
Robert Schrader

My extensive travel in the developing world has highlighted to me how incredibly easy our developed world lives are.

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Is Fighting For the Rights of Homeless, Enabling Homelessness?

Joel John Roberts | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Poverty, Panhandling, Homelessness, Civil Rights, Third World, Helping the Homeless, Homeless Advocacy, Impact News
Joel John Roberts

When homeless advocates seek to protect the personal rights of people who are homeless, even to the extent of law suits, I typically applaud their efforts. It is very simple: homelessness is not a crime.

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Changing Lives in Guatemala -- Including Our Own

Keith Ferrazzi | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Orphanage, Philanthropy, Guatemala, Developing World, Charity, Impact News, Third World, Service, Charitable Giving, Good News News
Keith Ferrazzi

I am feeling more committed than ever to weaving volunteerism and service into corporate America's culture. As in all real relationships, the benefits are mutual -- we receive as much or more than we give.

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Serve and Grow... Together This Holiday

Keith Ferrazzi | Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Orphanages, Philanthropy, Holiday Giving, Charity, Service, Cambodia Orphanage, Developing World, Charitable Giving, Giving, Third World, Impact News
Keith Ferrazzi

We were talking about the state of our world when my guest leaned over and asked: "Do you think next year we might actually go do something instead of just talking about it?"

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An Eco-Friendly Christmas Tree

Richard Schiffman | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Rainforest, Third World, Christmas Trees, Deforestation, Rainforest Destruction, Sustainable Christmas Trees, Eco-Friendly Christmas Trees, Christmas Tree Farms, China Christmas Trees, Green News
Richard Schiffman

Over half of Americans who put Christmas trees up use the artificial variety, which do not shed needles, and which many perceive to be an eco-friendly alternative to cutting living trees. Others dispute this.

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What Making 100 Quilts in One Year For Lutheran World Relief Taught my Church Group

Joan Brunwasser | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Women, Quilting, Evanston, Lutheran Church, Third World, Social Activism, Interview, Lutheran World Relief, Women News
Joan Brunwasser

I have been attending the evening quilting sessions at our church for almost two decades. In the early years, we might make 10 or 15 quilts a year. This year, our goal was to create 100 quilts.

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U.S. Foreign Health Investments Improve Lives Abroad -- And Here at Home

Mandy Moore | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Foreign Aid, Usaid, Psi, Global Health Programs, Economic Development, Developing World, Global Health, Third World, Malaria, HIV Prevention, Impact News
Mandy Moore

When people are healthy, they can be productive. They work, earn an income, and buy products -- they build their economy. It's simple and logical, but to grow economies, the basic building block of health is necessary.

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Is America Becoming A Third World Country?

AOL Jobs | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: US Economy, Jobs Crisis, Poverty, Unemployment, Third World America, Economy, Third World, Jobs, Business News

If we don't come to grips with this problem, and teach our kids marketable skills, we're going to end up like the Roman Empire. ...

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Just a Juggalo: Chatting with Insane Clown Posse, Plus Audio Fidelity's Marshall Blonstein and N.E.D. (No Evidence of Disease)

Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Insane Clown Posse, Xzibit, The Eagles, JJ Walker, MC Hammer, Mario McNulty, Lou Adler, Flavor Flav, The Beach Boys, Steve Hoffman, Ten Years After, No Evidence of Disease, Bad Company, John Soper, Rush, William "Rusty" Robinson, Women's Cancer Foundation, Vanilla Ice, Steve Winwood, Chris Brown, Kiss, Iggy Pop, Marshall Blonstein, Shaggy, Busta Rhymes, Kevin Gray, Juggalo Gathering, Wally Heider, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Ringo Starr, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Charlie Sheen, N.E.D., Mitch Ryder, Kottonmouth Kings, National Allstar Wrestling, Ode Records, Grace Jones, Cbs, Sade, Island Records, Whitney Houston, The Roches, Carly Simon, Gynecological Cancer Foundation, The Wallfowers, Elton John, Marianne Faithful, DJ Quik, Bob Marley, Simon & Garfunkel, Third World, Carole King, Paul McCartney, George Clinton, Alice Cooper, Audio Fidelity, Ice Cube, Bobby Brown, Rihanna, The Doors, Lenny Kravitz, Women's Health, Horrorcore, DCC COmpact Classics, Bryan Adams, James Taylor, Geart, Cky, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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Mighty Movie Podcast: Oliver Schmitz on Life, Above All

Dan Persons | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, South Africa, Chanda's Secrets, Africa, Third World, Life Above All, Young Adult Books, HIV/AIDS Africa, Culture News
Dan Persons

Shooting on location in the South African township of Elandsdoorn, Schmitz tells the tale of a young girl coping with the death of her newly-born sister and the incapacitation of her mother.

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Calling on the Private Sector: It's Time to Play a Role

Simon Mainwaring | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Milton Friedman, Third World, Private Sector, Corporation, Social Change, Government, Business, Social Media, Impact News
Simon Mainwaring

We need to develop and disseminate an entirely new paradigm and practice of collaboration that supersedes the traditional silos that have divided governments, philanthropies and private enterprises.

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Ripped Off and Appreciating It

Colin Barnicle | Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: Tourism, South America, Latin America, Ripped Off, Traveling in South America, Third World, Foreign Affairs, Argentina, Travel, Buenos Aires, Tourists, Travel News
Colin Barnicle

Buenos Aires resembles a South American Paris filled with gregarious people, large avenues and cafes where at least once a day, every day, especially if you're a traveling American, someone will try to rip you off. And so you learn.

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Elizabeth Taylor: Cleopatra of Vijayawada

Sunil Adam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, Elizabeth Taylor, Third World, Hyderabad, US Foreign Policy, American Culture, Popular Culture, Hollywood, Vijayawada, Entertainment News
Sunil Adam

The Hollywood legend was the ultimate symbol of America's cultural influence that percolated down to small towns far, far away. The film Cleopatra op...

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Having My Quinoa and Eating it Too

Ben Grossman-Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hunger, Bolivia, Brazil, Quinoa, World Hunger, Third World, Oxfam America, Park Slope Food Coop, Yuppie Food, Food Prices, Food News
Ben Grossman-Cohen

The convoluted tale of how the growing international appeal of an important local staple -- quinoa -- has changed life for many Bolivians gets to the difficulty of fixing our global food system.

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Dharavi, India: The Most Entrepreneurial Slum In The World?

Randall Kempner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Recycling, India, Small Business, Poverty, Third World, Mumbai, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Slumdog Millionaire, Small Business America, Local Business, Business News
Randall Kempner

Dharavi may not change much in this generation, but the power of entrepreneurship offers great hope for the next.

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The Path to Third World Status

Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Banks, Banking Industry, Third World, Politics News
Mike Lux

Political leaders engaging in rhetoric with violent undertones and economic elites deciding they can pretty much ignore the law and run roughshod over anyone they want to is a formula for political violence and instability.

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Mika Rottenberg's "Squeeze" Becomes What It Critiques

G. Roger Denson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Art Gallery, Squeeze, India, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, ARt Exhibition, Mexico, Mika Rottenberg, Chelsea, Third World, China, Trotsky., Manual Laborers, Arts News
G. Roger Denson

You don't have to be a Trotskyite to see that Mika Rottenberg's provocative video is politically problematic on a number of levels. Her indictment of Western managerial exploitation? It leaves much to be desired.

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Improve the World (and Yourself) One Grateful Child at a Time

Lisa Haisha | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Impoverished, Orphanage, Cambodia Children's Fund, Developing Countries, Volunteering, Cambodia, Just Do It, Third World, Scott Neeson, Orphan, World News
Lisa Haisha

Imagine saying good-bye to your big house and luxury car so you can live among the impoverished. That's exactly what one person did, and he's never regretted his decision.

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What to do About Begging (and Your Conscience)

Michael Hodson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Global Poverty, Third World, Begging, India, Education, Conscience, Guilt, Children, Traveling, Cambodia, Laos, Angkor Wat, China, Travel News
Michael Hodson

Any sort of third world travel means you'll have to pick a stance on begging. I personally decided to "just say no." Is that a heartless, Western-centric way of looking at things? Perhaps. But there is a big exception too.

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A View from Pakistan: Why American Elections Represent Third World Scenarios

Saad Khan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Midterm Elections, Third World, Pakistan, US Elections, Democrats, Obama Elections, Pakistan Democracy, Republicans, Politics News
Saad Khan

Poor literacy rates, extreme corruption, and a general sense of despair are all symbols of third world countries. So why is it that US politicians are falling to those same levels?

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Hans Rosling: The Good News of the Decade?

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: State-Building, Statistics, Data, Third World, Health, Africa, Tedtalks, Development, Ted, Tedxchange, World News
TEDTalks

2010-10-07-pullcopy.jpgHans Rosling reframes 10 years of UN data with his spectacular visuals, lighting up an astonishing -- mostly unreported -- piece of front-page-worthy good news.

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What Kind of Images are Appropriate for NGO Campaigns?

Tom Murphy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Poverty Porn, Debate, Smile Train, Poverty, Cleft-Palate, Third World, The-Smile-Train, Smile-Train, Ethics, The Smile Train, Fundraising, Underserved Communities, Healthcare, Impact News
Tom Murphy

Do NGOs have the opportunity to operate both ethically and successfully? Or do some sacrifices need to be made?

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Sugata Mitra: The Child-Driven Education

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education, Children, Third World, Web, Tedtalks, Development, Technology, Ted, tedglobal2010, Technology News
TEDTalks

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Reporters Uncensored: Underdogs And Social Innovators

Reporters Uncensored | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ashoka Foundation, Solar Energy, Social Change, Nepal, Third World, Human Trafficking, Impact News
Reporters Uncensored

In a time where people are cynical about the excesses of capitalism, and corruption in the developing world is rampant there is a lone beacon of light: the social entrepreneurs.

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WATCH: Superman, Batman, And Their 99 New Friends

TEDTalks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, Art, Third World, Tedtalks, Ted, Peace, tedglobal2010, Culture, Arts News
TEDTalks

2010-07-24-islampull.jpgIn The 99, Naif Al-Mutawa's new generation of comic book heroes fight more than crime -- they smash stereotypes and battle extremism.

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