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Difference MakerJohn Hope Bryant wants African-American students to be smart about moneyOperation HOPE is helping to fill a yawning gap that many finance experts see between what Americans know about financial planning and what they need to know.
New ways to help Hong Kong's human trafficking victimsHong Kong is a hotbed of sex trafficking and forced labor but it narrowly defines what trafficking is. Now Liberty Asia is creatively applying existing laws to trafficking cases.
Who's narcissistic? Millennials outdo parents in volunteering and charityThe 2015 Money Mindset Report overturns assumptions about selfish, 'me-obsessed' Millennials, adding to growing studies that say this is a generation of givers.聽
Young Iraqis in Baghdad hold a peace carnivalThe goal for next year: a 鈥榙ay of peace鈥� celebrated in every province of the war-torn country.
Progress WatchWhy US high school graduation rates are on the riseThe latest data suggests more American high school students are graduating than ever before. Some experts say new federal requirements are behind the improvement.
More Than Words uses books to boost foster teensThe Boston-area nonprofit employs troubled teens to run online and storefront bookstores while also teaching them life skills.
Engineering Smiles aims to bring mobile dental care to those in needA group of engineering students in Arizona, most of them women, is designing a mobile dental facility for use in Nicaragua.
Points of ProgressExtreme poverty could cease to exist in 15 yearsThe number of people living in extreme poverty will dip below 10 percent of the global population before the year is over, according to the World Bank, and if the world continues on its fast track of economic progress, extreme poverty will be eradicated in 15 years.
Where new cooperation could leadThe history of Iran and America is full of bitter memories on both sides.聽Could that ugly history ever give way to a sunnier view?
Readers RespondReaders write: migrants in Germany; Kevin McCarthy's gaffeLetters to the editor for the Oct. 19, 2015 weekly magazine.
First LookWorld Food Day: Can we make hunger history?The United Nations wants to eliminate global hunger by 2030. That may not be as daunting a task as it sounds.
Difference MakerJeff Lee and Ann Martin started a place to read about 鈥� and experience 鈥� the WestThe Rocky Mountain Land Library, 32,000 books about the American West, will find a suitable home聽on the historical Buffalo Peaks Ranch in Colorado.
How Brazil curbed Amazon deforestation by 90 percent in 10 yearsBrazil has been successfully working since 2004 to slow deforestation of the Amazon, mostly by enforcing laws, but also by designating parts of the rainforest as national park land.聽
To separate, strengthen, and returnReligious communities often swing back and forth -- opening their doors to the welcome the world, closing them to regain their original purpose.
Readers RespondReaders write: cities for elites; Clinton's energy policy; small joysLetters to the editor for the Oct. 12, 2015 weekly magazine.
Geek teams on two continents write poverty-breaking apps for KenyaThe Nov. 20-22 Poverty Hackathon will be the first international development-focused virtual hackathon. A panel of judges will choose a winning idea.
Difference MakerTemsutula Imsong picked up a broom and bucket and cleaned up a riverbankThe ghats, or steps, along the Ganges River seemed to be beyond help. But her volunteer effort has now been lauded by India's prime minister.
How one American found a way to help Syrian refugees: baby carriersMothers around the world are sending聽baby carriers to聽Syrian refugees, revealing a compassionate face behind the ongoing immigration debate.
Syrian journalist wins award for her courageous reportingShe has been targeted by both the Syrian government and militant forces after setting up an underground newspaper to report on what was really happening.
Online university offers Syrian refugees an opportunity to study for freeKiron University, founded by students in Berlin, promises to provide college courses to refugees without fees or the need to supply missing legal documents.
