Development

Geeks in Gaza: Building businesses under duress

August 12, 2015

Amid the scars of last year's war with Israel, entrepreneurs in Gaza are trying to start new businesses. Here's how a few have begun.

Economics

Sundar Pichai's ascension at Google isn't proof that immigrants have 'made it'

August 11, 2015

Sundar Pichai will become CEO of Google. But it would be a mistake to focus on this narrative as proof that immigrants in America have "made it," says sociologist Pawan Dhingra of Tufts University.

Development

Next stop: Ethiopia, where human rights are under siege

The World

July 24, 2015

After visiting Kenya, President Obama will turn his attention to another country in the Horn of Africa: Ethiopia. But human rights campaigners argue that Ethiopia is "not a model of democracy that should be rewarded with a presidential visit."

Development

Reality TV's new stars are Tanzanian farmers

The World

July 22, 2015

They farm on a set, but the stakes are high. These are the stars of a reality show called "Female Food Heroes," a Tanzanian TV show produced by Oxfam that aims to empower and educate rural women who feed most of the families in the African nation.

Development

The cyclone came and went. The moneylenders, however, keep plaguing India's survivors

The World

July 21, 2015

“Our houses were destroyed, our belongings gone,” a survivor of an October cyclone in India says. But the money-lenders remain.

Development

Greek people paralyzed by 'overwhelming, deep uncertainty'

The World

July 09, 2015

As the final deadline approaches for negotiating a new debt deal, Greek people are anxious to know the fate of their economy and their place in Europe.

Development

How a struggling single mom in Papua New Guinea found her cloth on a New York fashion runway

June 25, 2015

Florence Jaukae found herself abandoned by her husband, with children to feed and didn't know what to do. So she took a tradition from her Papua New Guinea village and reinvented it for a modern world.

Development

Pakistan's first female fighter pilot is smashing stereotypes

The World

June 11, 2015

Flight Lt. Ayesha Farooq is Pakistan's only combat-ready female air force pilot. Her father died when she was young, but she managed to become a top air force pilot.

Development

A conversation with Noel Gomez, sex trafficking survivor-turned-advocate

The World

May 21, 2015

Updated

05/22/2015 - 1:45pm

Noel Gomez was coerced into becoming a prostitute in Seattle when she was 16. Fifteen years, and lots of abuse later, she finally got out of "the life." Yesterday, she shared her story with us.

Development

Under heavy pressure, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia grant temporary shelter to thousands of refugees trapped at sea

The World

May 20, 2015

Several thousand migrants and refugees stranded at sea in the Indian Ocean have been granted temporary shelter by the governments of Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. The people have endured horrendous conditions.

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