By Carly James   In the wake of the second anniversary of Haiti’s 2010 earthquake, much of the world is directing its attention to the social, economic, and political progress that Haiti has made. Since that historic moment in Haiti’s troubled history, considerable strides have been made in terms of rubble removal, medical assistance, and…Read More…

We hear of the atrocities committed in Uganda, Darfur and Somalia but very little about Kenya; except perhaps that it is in a better shape than most of its African neighbors. That changed when in May 13, Huffington Post published its article about “Beading,” stunning readers with its graphic details of the sinister cultural tradition…Read More…

By Rozina Kanchwala. Two factors at play require us to pay serious attention to the issue of food security: •    A growing population and its growing food demand •    Increasing uncertainty of environmental changes Both of these factors can be addressed by organic agriculture. This is the way forward, not large-scale modern agriculture that currently…Read More…

Politics can have serious consequences for health. We need look no further than the US legislature for examples of the politics of health. The recent deeply partisan budget cuts threatened women’s health across the country and debates over the Health Care Bill easily demonstrates a democracy’s inability to provide basic health for everyone in its…Read More…