The last year has been depressing for Thomas L. Friedman as a journalist and as a person. He saw a spontaneous uprising of civic activism propelled by a single idea: I am my neighbor's keeper. The people of Minneapolis and St. Paul in Minnesota deserve the Nobel Peace Prize.
Innocent Mabusela is the chief executive of Jozi My Jozi, a non-profit organisation that works to restore pride in Johannesburg's inner city. The organisation's mission is to inspire hope and restore pride through targeted interventions. It counts about 140 partners across corporates, civil society and education institutions.
Andrea Gibson, poet laureate of Colorado and one of America's best contemporary poets, died on Monday at age 49. Gibson and their wife Megan Falley are the subjects of a documentary, "Come See Me in the Good Light," which won the Festival Favorite Award at the Sundance Film Festival and is now nominated for best documentary feature at the Oscars. …
Alysa Liu won gold in the women's free skate at the Olympics earlier this month. Her father is proud to see his daughter win an Olympic gold medal. Sportscasters commented on the ebullient joy that enveloped Alysa's technical brilliance.
Steven Jones is the founder of the Seafarers Happiness Index, which measures the happiness of seafarers at sea. There is a sense of shadow that seems to have settled over the maritime world, a pall of heaviness and collective fatigue. Around 20,000 seafarers are trapped aboard vessels in or near the Persian Gulf as the Strait of Hormuz narrows under …
The Foilies are an annual project by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and MuckRock to recognize the agencies, officials and contractors that thwart the public's right to know. This year's "awards" are given during Sunshine Week (March 15-21) Vancouver residents must pay twice for public records.
Gloria Vargas, a waitress from Barbados, started feeding the homeless in 2012 from her home in Fort Lauderdale with the help of her husband and two sons. She has since served more than 270,000 meals to the homeless. She set up a nonprofit, Care in Action USA, where she prepares about 120 breakfasts and 125 dinners daily. She also helps …
More than 900 people have signed an open letter to the owners of the website internationalwomensday.com. Belinda Jane Batt, a coach who works with mothers, and Mo Kanjilal, founder of a training company focused on diversity, equity and inclusion, wrote the letter. They believe the website has been exploiting a social movement for financial gain without addressing the structural issues …