Joseph Kony is not exactly a household name in the United States. Of course, few rebel leaders in sub-Saharan Africa are -- even ones like Kony, whom ...
Today I stumbled upon one of the most intense videos I've seen in my short life. As a mother of a three month old, I would die, now and here, to spare...
Russell's newest idea was to make Kony popular by using social media. The 27-minute video was posted on YouTube by Invisible Children and became a worldwide trending topic on the Internet.
Joseph Kony, the leader of the Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army, has managed to systematically terrorize and manipulate central Africans in order to stay in power for 26 years.
It started in a New York motel. The key to my room was old and rusted. And I immediately loved it. So I 'permanently borrowed' it, put it on a chain, and slipped it over my neck.
It's the holiday season again and like all of you, I'm left wondering what to give this year that's more meaningful than another nice sweater for my dad or a pair of pajamas for my grandma.
Bruce made it possible to believe that we could find meaning, feel love and snatch pleasure from pain. The gospels of contemporary culture have similar messages but are delivered with whimsy, finesse and media savvy.
Until the recent bomb attacks against World Cup fans at a Rugby club and an Ethiopian restaurant in the East African city of Kampala, few Americans thought about Uganda. Uganda has been crippled by a 20 year long civil conflict.
Since it was founded, Invisible Children has rallied passionate youth activists around the country to press the U.S. government to take a stand and pu...
What kind of impact can Summit Series DC10 -- essentially a summer camp for adults -- possibly have? President Clinton gave us direction: we have the power to decide our nation's direction.
On Tuesday afternoon, a 262-hour demonstration in front of Senator Coburn's office in Oklahoma City ended because Coburn agreed to release his hold on the LRA Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act.
At long last a step in the right direction! With the heart wrenching crisis in Haiti reaching its apex and human atrocities being plastered across eve...
As the Chase Community Giving contest on Facebook drew to a close, two nonprofit organizations duked it out for the $1 million grand prize. As The Huf...
Why not take positive steps to champion nonprofit and benevolent businesses? This is the birth of a new world, where your dollars can act as catalysts to accomplish the change that we want to see in the world.
Invisible Children has won $1 million as the winner of the Chase Community Giving contest on Facebook. However, this victory may come with a price, as...
UPDATE: Human rights organization Invisible Children has won $1 million dollars in the Chase Community Giving contest on Facebook. With 123,990 votes,...
Invisible Children, with its mission to fight child slavery in Africa, is a finalist to win $1 million in the Chase Community Giving Facebook competition. If we win, we'll give $100K to Haiti relief efforts.
I think I want to go into the porn industry. They make over $14 billion a year, and just one percent of those annual earnings could help feed three million people. Not a bad deal, right?
At the Bleecker Street gallery, the sight that greets you is a floor strewn with beaten straw mats and ragged blankets. This is the detritus of living through one of Africa's most treacherous wars.
We at Invisible Children are trying to end Africa's longest running war. This Wednesday, we're meeting members of Congress who haven't yet co-sponsored the bill. This is your chance to help us.
If you haven't yet heard of Invisible Children, you're either not 19 or don't watch Oprah. You are, however, not alone. This youth-oriented organizati...
The Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda has forcibly abducted tens of thousands of children to fill their ranks as soldiers and sex slaves. Until recently, the international community has paid little attention.
The reality of child soldiers is an issue I could either continue to ignore because it isn't in front of me, or I could forget about myself and do something. I was losing sleep, I had to go to Africa.
In April 2003, two weeks before the Iraq war started, two weeks before I traveled to Sudan to document the holocaust, I went to Africa tell a story that mattered. And it changed my life forever.
Heading into my senior year of high school, I'm entering it with a much clearer head because I know that somewhere in my four years, I did something constructive.