Township Cinderellas follows two 12th grade girls in their Cape Flats, South Africa township school. Both come from incredibly difficult home situations.
Reverend William E. Flippin, Jr. | Posted 04.06.2012
The philosophy of Ubuntu derives from a Nguni word, ubuntu meaning "the quality of being human." Ubuntu manifests itself through various human acts, clearly visible in social, political, and economic situations, as well as among family.
John Hope Bryant | Posted 12.31.2011
Imagine what the world be like -- what would have happened in the global economic crisis, if everyone practiced one simple global golden rule -- digni...
Alison Rose Levy | Posted 07.20.2011
If there are any people on earth who can teach us about the lessons learned from living in an unjust society, while seeking opportunity, it's the people of South Africa.
Birute Regine | Posted 05.25.2011
The great leaders of the twenty-first century will have ubuntu. Leaders with ubuntu recognize how their humanity is inextricably bound to others -- if others are diminished, so are they.
Carla Alpert And Diane Prefontaine | Posted 05.25.2011
Can you even imagine a mother telling her child she didn't want her? It's hard to believe, yet it's something children in the foster care system know all too well.
Shari Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011
To me, Ubuntu is the acceptance of others as parts of the sum total of each of us. And that is exactly what I have experienced during the lead up to, and the initial days of this World Cup.
Alex Pattakos | Posted 11.17.2011
No matter how "bad" the year may have been, however, there is always opportunity to view it through a meaning-centered lens. By so doing, we engage in some deeper soul-searching and guidance.
Scott Foval | Posted 05.25.2011
With the announcement late tonight that Google is set to release an operating system, the time has come to ask "Why can't we have it all?"
Charles Perrow | Posted 05.25.2011
If fraud expands faster than financial transactions on the internet, we might find there is a market for safe software.
Alex Pattakos | Posted 11.17.2011
We've all heard the saying, "What goes around, comes around." Many of us would probably even add that this simple-sounding saying actually and accura...
Cathleen Falsani | Posted 11.17.2011
I made the short journey to the Pentagon building in Arlington, Va., to visit the 9/11 memorial honoring 184 people who died here when terrorists crashed American Airlines Flight 77.
James Love | Posted 05.25.2011
It will be important for individuals to switch to Linux, not only from Microsoft, but also from Apple. Today many free software proponents don't use free software themselves.
Jacob Lief | Posted 04.09.2012