The 2024 elections were a global democratic milestone, with nearly half the world voting to shape their leadership for the next few years. Billions, including millions of young people, voted to ...

In the fight to promote gender equality around the world, more governments are realizing the need to challenge the status quo and take active steps towards women’s empowerment. But considering the way ...

“I was growing up good,” Jessica Smith says one afternoon in St. Paul, Minnesota, in a small apartment rental that is used by women struggling to get out of trafficking. “Everything was fine, good ...

Australian men hold some of the most misogynistic views in the Western world, with the cohort ranking well above the global average in a country-by-country analysis on gender bias and online abuse by ...

Wildfires are reaching record levels of destruction, unprecedented weather events are destroying lives and livelihoods across the world, suffocating droughts are wreaking havoc on global food systems ...

Political leaders continue to back the fossil fuel industry even as forests burn, the ocean heats up, permafrost melts, and animals the world over lose their habitats. It’s easy to become pessimistic, ...

From coffee to ice cream and chocolate to shoes, purchasing Fair Trade and ethically-sourced products has become easier as more products populate the shelves. As consumers become increasingly ...

Many celebrities, historical figures, and world leaders had humble beginnings and rough starts to life that ended up shaping their perspective. Overcoming adversity develops qualities that humans ...

Jeffrey Epstein has been accused of sexually exploiting and trafficking dozens of underage girls. Globally, the sex trafficking industry is a multi-billion dollar business whose victims are ...

Public spending cuts have become a recurring theme throughout 2024 as governments tighten their budgets under mounting domestic economic and political pressures. Official Development Assistance (ODA), ...

Cities in Europe and Canada reign supreme in the latest Global Liveability Index, with the locations receiving near-perfect scores for their ability to offer citizens stability, health care, robust ...

It seems whenever there’s a major crisis, someone sets up a stage, plugs in a microphone, and calls the world together through music. These are called benefit or charity concerts and they’re intended ...