Development Street Kids Can Bank On
To find a bank still readily giving loans during the financial crisis, you need only look as far as a Delhi train station.
To find a bank still readily giving loans during the financial crisis, you need only look as far as a Delhi train station.
Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 10.02.2009 | Living
Doulas have been gaining popularity but are still a relatively uncommon. The word comes from ancient Greek, meaning "woman servant." But, in fact, they are much more.
Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 09.21.2009 | World
The country's landscape is littered with leftover, unexploded ordnance -- still deadly after 34 years. Those farmers who dare till the land often step on landmines in their own fields.
Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 09.11.2009 | Business
Is preschool too early to start thinking about mortgages?
Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 10.20.2009 | World
Cervical cancer is diagnosed in about 500,000 women every year. About 250,000 will die. But it is largely preventable.
Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 09.28.2009 | World
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.
Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 09.21.2009 | Green
Looking at our counterparts in the developing world, we'll find that traditional methods of sowing fields and raising bees are both eco-friendly and bee-friendly.
Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 09.07.2009 | Green
The banana is one of North America's favorite fruits. But rarely do we wonder how the item gets to our cold, northern climate or how we can make things better for those who pick them.
Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 08.31.2009 | Living
We understand toasting your country with a frosty beverage. But, one salute will probably be sufficient in getting the point across.
Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 08.24.2009 | Media
Foreign bureaus are easy targets as newspapers make cuts to satisfy their budgets. Maintaining bureaus is incredibly expensive. But losing the coverage is beneficial to no one.
Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 08.17.2009 | Living
The men standing firm-footed with their arms outstretched are not your typical yoga students. They are warriors - actual ones, not just spiritual.
Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 08.10.2009 | World
Glorius Kyarihunda was brutally murdered by her husband days after he blamed her for a positive HIV test. She's not alone: thousands of African women suffer violent abuse when they disclose their status.
Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 07.20.2009 | Living
Former skinhead Frank Meeink, whose life story was used for Edward Norton's character in American History X, shifted his perspective on skates.
Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 07.13.2009 | Living
Fathers in the Aka tribe either hold or are within arm's reach of their infants 47 per cent of the time Sadly they are the worldwide exception.
Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 07.06.2009 | World
"I'm here" -- two little words that sat in the inbox of one of our cell phones as we prepared to write this column. This particular message came fro...
Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 06.29.2009 | World
It seemed strange that so many people finished their meals together with Colombia's former-president César Gaviria. We sat next to him at a dinner...
Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 06.22.2009 | World
India successfully coordinated an election involving 700 million participants. Now, it needs to put that effort into bringing them water.
Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 02.19.2009 | Entertainment
Michael Franti's music is meant to rally the public and raise awareness. But, he wanted to take the music further. To protest the world's injustices, he needed to experience them, so, he headed to Baghdad.
Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 12.29.2008 | Living
The rape Rebombo committed was accepted among the boys in the community. He was applauded, even given a pat on the back. Now he hopes that other men will learn from his mistakes.
Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics
It can be argued that through his ineptitude, Bush has shaken the electorate out of their apathetic daze, and in doing so, strengthened democracy in the United States.
Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 08.09.2008 | Politics
U.N.-led negotiations have resulted in a fragile peace, but both armies in Abyei, Sudan, are still amassed on the border, meaning the threat of violence still hangs over the region.
Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 10.26.2009 | World