Why Girl’s Education Matters?
Education creates opportunity but also the choice for global citizens to access their rights, from political to economic to social. For this reason, it is in particularly critical for girls…
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“Let There Be Bread”
Pope Francis addressed the delegates at the Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) Conference in Rome this week and cited eradicating hunger as a moral obligation. Food security, good nutrition,…
Mediterranean Diet under Threat?
Just as it has become globally recognized for healthy living, sustainable food systems ,and known for preserving the environment and empowering local producers, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization…
Water, Water Everywhere but not a Drop to Drink
The Oceans are our lifeline and key to survival. Covering over 71% of our planet, they provide food, livelihoods, and over 50% of the oxygen we breathe, not to…
IMF Sees Risk for US Economy if Interest Rates Raised Prematurely?
The risk is both political and economic, perhaps never greater since the defining moments prior to WW II. There is a tendency to ignore global economic and diplomatic advice among…
Does Any Celebrity Amplify Cry of Rohingya?
Actor Matt Dillon has visited a Rohingya displaced persons camp at a critical time just when the Myanmar government/military was blocking access to international media. The recent migrant crisis in…
Contributing to Hunger or Food Security – Capitalism & Wholesaling?
Food’s route to our tables goes through many middlemen who facilitate the logistics of efficient distribution with minimum waste and expense. Whether capitalism is contributing to global hunger or, in…
Memorial Day’s Unexpected Guests
They may be known as Invader swans, but six little fuzzball cygnets along with their elegant parents made our weekend. The mature mute swans seemed to recognize us from last…
World Day for Cultural Diversity, Dialogue & Development
Some are promoting a conflict of civilizations and the killing and genocide of “the other.” Today, though, the United Nations and UNESCO are promoting diversity and our right to Humankind’s…
Education Is a Human Right
“The terrorists know this. That is why they keep attacking schools, like in Garissa, Kenya and Peshawar, Pakistan. They target girls with books, like Malala Yousafzai and her friends…