Development & Education

October 02, 2018

Indonesian President Joko Widodo called for reinforcements in a desperate search for survivors of a devastating earthquake and tsunami on Sulawesi island, as the official death toll rose above 1,200 on Tuesday.

Lifestyle & Belief

Teen 'boys will be boys': A brief history

The Conversation

September 27, 2018

What exactly do we mean by teenage behavior? And who gets to be a "rebellious" teenager?

Arts, Culture & Media

Devastated by earthquake, Haiti’s theater scene rebuilds with new purpose

Global Press Journal

September 26, 2018

Haiti’s 2010 earthquake forever altered the country, including the devastation of Haiti’s nascent theater scene. Eight years later, advocates are reviving the art and discovering the role of theater in rebuilding the nation.

Health & Medicine

Documentaries capture the impact of Hurricane Maria on Puerto Ricans' health

PRI's The World

September 21, 2018

Andrea Patiño Contreras went to Puerto Rico to catalogue the impact Hurricane Maria is having on people's mental and physical health. The people she met are living with heartbreaking situations.

Climate Change

Hear these voices from the front lines of climate change

PRI's The World

September 19, 2018

What is it like to face climate change where you live? The World spoke to people from all over the globe at the recent Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco to learn how climate change was impacting them, and what they were doing about it.

Hong Kong, southern China clean up after super typhoon Mangkhut

Reuters

September 17, 2018

The category 5 storm hit Southeast Asia over the weekend.

Health & Medicine

The fake doctor who saved thousands of babies

Innovation Hub

September 15, 2018

It sounds weird to put babies on display at a fair. But Martin Couney did, and he saved thousands of lives in the process.

The future of wellbeing: A conversation with Deepak Chopra

PRI's The World

September 12, 2018

Updated

09/12/2018 - 10:00am

Globally, people are living longer. What are the most compelling ways to ensure a sustainably healthy life? In this live-streamed event, author and speaker Deepak Chopra, will discuss the important connections between mind, immunity, genes and body.

Development & Education

For these girls in Morocco, a tech camp presents a rare opportunity to pursue their career dreams

PRI's The World

September 11, 2018

Running a program like this is a big deal for the girls, who come from the poor outskirts of Agadir, a sleepy Moroccan city facing the Atlantic Ocean.

Ontario debates what kids should learn about sex in school

PRI's The World

September 11, 2018

In 2015 the government of Ontario, Canada, introduced a landmark new sex ed curriculum, designed to be more inclusive of transgender and gay people. But the program became deeply entangled with politics, and was pulled back by conservatives this summer. As kids head back to school this week, teachers remain at odds with the government over what students will learn.

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