My involvement with CURE Childhood Cancer began when a child in our son's school was diagnosed with cancer.

Refugees told JRS the militants force rural Somalis to make a harsh choice: give up a son to join the fighters, or pay the militants off with camels or cash. 

The Invisible War interweaves devastating statistics with the personal stories of a group of women and one man. Their lives have been forever altered by "soul-shattering" violations from those they had believed to be a trusted family -- the military.

We are fortunate to have a team full of Yankees who do so much work in the community, with many of the players having their own foundations. We thought that The Jorge Posada Foundation would be the perfect choice for a few reasons.

It's impossible for me to write about the Aspen Ideas Festival, a festival spanning seven days presented by The Aspen Institute and The Atlantic, featuring scientists, writers, artists, mathematicians and leaders from all over the world, without mentioning Walter Paepcke.

Every action a mother takes (or fails to take) with respect to developing her child's learning skills, directly affect the child's ability to succeed in the future.

Surrounded by the entire Jaguars team and coaches at a morning training camp practice, Luke surprised Brad by taking his first steps since before his illness. Tears rolled down the faces of many in attendance which included more than 50 friends and family members.

In a time when higher education, businesses, governments, cities, non-profits, philanthropists, and even private citizens are coming together around college attainment, we can ill afford to promote dropping out as a solution to our problems.

Asia's growth has brought a new set of challenges, from food insecurity to growing urban slums to rising inequality.

Good agencies that track their work, and are willing to learn by focusing on outcomes, generally improve and innovate. Those that do not, and stick behind outputs as their marker of success, generally stagnate.

Demetrius Flores will likely never remember the day he met Dwyane Wade. That afternoon, in the pediatric ward of Miami's Baptist Children's Hospital, the cherub-faced four-year-old is cranky and exhausted.

People asked, "Who you work for Bill?" I'd always say, "The wife and four kids." He paused a long time, maybe reflecting on his family, he was widowed in 2007, he has ten grandchildren, and three great-grandsons.

There are some stories one can't bear to hear, for to hear them is to lose a slice of our solidarity with all humanity, and to feel a sense of utter cosmic loneliness.

Type 1 diabetes (known today as T1D) is a new campaign kicked-off by the JDRF to reteach everyone that diabetes comes in all forms: Type 1, 1 1/2, and...