Stop Voting Against Yourself: The Difference between Opinions and Facts
by Shadee Ashtari Editor-in-Chief In less than 24 hours, our nation will face one of the most crucial decisions of the decade, not only for America, but for the entire world. Our nation will face a...
View ArticleThe Next Global Dilemma: An Aging World
by Tina Kim Co-Editor The next great crisis of our generation may not be global warming, nuclear attacks, looming deficits, or any pending apocalypses. It’s babies—specifically, not enough babies. 97...
View ArticleInternational Women’s Day 2013: Going Beyond Awareness
by Sara Pilgreen Editor Here we are again, 102 years since the inaugural celebration of International Women’s Day (IWD). It is no secret that women, who constitute half the world’s seven billion...
View ArticlePakistani Elections 2013: Vote for Change, Vote for Integrity
By Akbar Khan Contributing Writer December 2011, Abbottabad, Pakistan – Well over a year before Election Day, in one of the world’s most dangerous countries, I could already sense the beginnings of...
View ArticleEnding Polio: A Long Overdue Eradication
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View ArticleThe Walking Brain Dead
Zombie interstate sign via manuscriptreplica/flickr. Creative Commons 2.0 license. In every modern version of the “Zombie Apocalypse” narrative, small bands of plucky survivors fend off endless...
View ArticleHaiti’s recovery: Don’t give them the fish, teach them how to fish
Haiti – search and rescue by IFRC Almost five years have passed since the devastating earthquake in Haiti that cost at least 200,000 individuals their lives and left many more injured. The country was...
View ArticleThe Changing Face of Global Health
Since the inception of the field of global health, allocation of sufficient funds has been a major point of concern. Whether in providing the right number of vaccinations or in keeping the cost of...
View ArticleExpediting Aid in Rural Nepal
On April 25th, 2015, an earthquake the size of Everest struck just outside Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. As the number of days grew since the catastrophe occurred, so did the count of victims killed...
View ArticleTrust Women, Improve Water Supply
The world water crisis stands out as one of the most prominent international issues of the world today, affecting developed and developing countries alike. In developed countries, one of the larger...
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