A few years ago I was publicly fretting over the arrival of millennials--young people in the generation after X--in the workplace. I described how these new adults would bring with them a sense of entitlement, a need for constant praise, a habit of multitasking to the point of distraction and...

The following events took place in April 2009, when I was privileged enough to be invited by Oxfam America to learn about their programs abroad. Focusing primarily on the rampant Cholera epidemic, but also on the importance of sanitation systems and crumbling economies, the diary feels especially timely now, given...

The following article is cross-posted on RealClearWorld.

As a Nigerian who was born a Muslim and who was once attacked by militants who held a gun to my head and accused me of abandoning the faith because my play Bondage criticized Sharia law, I am saddened that...

Haiti is experiencing unimaginable suffering from its devastating earthquake, with more than 150,000 dead and one to three million individuals displaced. Individuals, groups and governments from around the world have stepped in to do what they can. United by their religious tradition of charity, Muslims have emerged as effective partners...

The post-earthquake horror in Haiti and the nation's desperate need for aid, as we learn from Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, is not going away anytime soon. For me, the area of greatest concern is the Haitians' lack of access to clean drinking water. The repercussions go far...

The New York Times published a magnificent story about the Heaton family of Roca, Nebraska (population 130), who are in the process of adopting two Haitian girls, ages 7 and 2. Like 900 other Haitian children just flown to the United States, these children had been in the...

Many of the stories Enough's field researchers hear while immersed in their work in some of the world's worst conflict zones don't make it into our policy reports, press releases and Congressional testimony. Indeed, as each field researcher can attest, some of the most compelling stories and interactions...

For makers of the swine flu vaccine, 2009 was a year to remember. By June, CSL Limited's annual profits had risen 63 percent over 2008. GlaxoSmithKine's 2009 earnings spiked 30 percent in the third quarter alone, to $2.19 billion. Roche made a stunning 12...

Sixty-five years ago today, Soviet troops walked under the sign "Arbeit Macht Frei" not knowing the cruel joke the Nazis were making. Once inside, they found "hundreds of thousands of...

Many of the stories Enough's field researchers hear while immersed in their work in some of the world's worst conflict zones don't make it into our policy reports, press releases, and Congressional testimony. Indeed, as each field researcher can attest, some of the most compelling stories and interactions...

The issue of banning the burqa in France has generated so much heat over the past few months that one would assume the ban had already come into effect. Not so.

Since French President Nicolas Sarkozy famously stated, "The burqa is not a religious sign, it is a sign...

I was 20 years old when Auschwitz was liberated by the Soviet army 55 years ago. This occurred just in time because 10 months imprisonment in Auschwitz-Gleiwitz-1 had weakened me considerably. One needed a hell of a lot of luck in order to survive that long under the circumstances in...

The following article was written by Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

When crisis strikes, women continue to get pregnant and give birth, and they may face rising violence. Humanitarian aid to protect their sexual and reproductive health is urgently needed.

Even before the earthquake, Haiti...

In the wake of devastation following this month's earthquake in Haiti and the ongoing problems delivering aid to Port-au-Prince, the State Department has begun identifying assets to deal with a potential immigration influx to the United States. Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, better known for its questionably legal military operations, emerged as...

Things are getting a little out of hand in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. Apparently a public girls school is at the center of an international uproar over the lashing and prison sentence of a young woman found guilty of assaulting the school's headmistress.

Originally it was reported in the media that...

The decisive re-election of Sri Lanka's Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday presents the president with a momentous choice. He can continue the Sinhalese nationalist policies that defined his first term, or he can address the serious grievances of the minority Tamil population that lay behind the country's 26-year-long civil war. That turnout...