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Street Artist JR's Empowering Art
Lede: Parisian graffiti artist JR pastes large-scale photographs along the walls, broken bridges, and rooftops of slums and ghettos. The faces in his images call these places home. His public art is...
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Quality of Life: Living Ethically
Lede: In the current issue of World Policy Journal, philosopher Peter Singer argues that the path to a better quality of life for all begins with a dose of morality and ethics. Around the world, a...
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Inside the Bubble
Lede: In Ecuador, there is a highly stratified society, where "the poor can become working-or middle-class, but the middle class can never become rich," writes Thea Johnson who witnessed such...
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Terrorism in Nigeria: the Rise of Boko Haram
Lede: In Nigeria, a new terrorist threat has emerged. Christopher Bartolotta reports on the government's failed attempts to counter Boko Haram, a domestic organization possibly developing ties with...
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Clinton Global Initiative: The Global Elite Hug it Out
Lede: At the Clinton Global Initiative, a star-studded, humanitarian summit, Anh-Thu Nguyen laments the lack of self-criticism and analysis. But she did see Sting. by Anh-Thu Nguyenread more
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Morocco: In the Kingdom of Illusions
from the Fall 2011 Innovation issueBy Martine Gozlanread more
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India's Nano: A Cold War Casualty?
Lede: During the Cold War, the U.S. sold its Western, consumer-driven lifestyle as an antidote to communism. In India and elsewhere, it worked, and now consumers are demanding their own American...
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Designed to Help: Innovation within Urban Slums
Lede: As the world's population soars above seven billion, nearly one billion people live in slums. The exhibition “Design with the other 90%: Cities” hosted by the The Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt,...
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The Street Child World Cup
Lede: Estimates on the number of street children in Brazil range from 800,000 to 2 million. Worldwide, this number exceeds 100 million. Ali Herman reports on how one organization is using the 2014...
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