Earlier, Dowser reported on Granito, a documentary, which has excavated old footage for a genocide case against ex-Guatemalan dictator General Efrain Rios Montt. On January 26, 2012, we learned that Guatemalan court, led by Judge Carol Patricia Flores, has decided to prosecute Montt ...
As Facebook’s $5 billion IPO saga continues and Walmart decides to label all health products in their stores with a “Great for You” sticker, a less reported story captured readers this week. Afghanistan is facing one of the worst winters it’s seen in ...
Pico Iyer has traveled to nearly every corner of the globe, often writing about it along the way: from the holy city of Benares to remote corners of Tibet to isolated nations like Bhutan, North Korea, and Cuba. Iyer is the author of ...
Can One of America’s Biggest Tech Companies Pursue its Social Mission and a Massive IPO Simultaneously? Facebook’s IPO listing has caused quite a stir in the business community. But, Zuckerberg writes in a lengthy letter his missions behind Facebook are not purely monetary. ...
WEF Discusses Global Inequality in the Swiss Alps This week the world’s political leaders, policy analysts, tech titans, successful businessmen, and members of the social sector convened for the annual World Economic Forum. Despite all the wealth in the room, one of the ...
Hearing the Different Voices on SOPA People power is back. Wednesday’s protests against the SOPA bill continue last year’s theme of the power of protest. However, this time the protesters include corporate giants, like Google, which went “black” in support of a free ...
Two Years Later, Haiti is Regaining her Strength Two years ago, a 7.0 earthquake shook Haiti, destroying the country and killing over 300,000 people. Then, the country faced another disaster- a devastating cholera outbreak. Today, however, the news is more optimistic. Wash Post ...
Margarita Barry, a 26-year-old Detroit native, was tired of hearing nothing but dismal news coming out of her city. In response she developed I Am Young Detroit, a blog that profiles changemakers in her hometown. Today, the site has become a popular hub, illustrating ...
CA Companies Wait in Line to Become B- Corps B-Corp law went into effect in California this week and a “a band of smiling millionaires, papers in hand, waiting to sign on the dotted line” stood outside the office of the CA Secretary ...
The Christian Science Monitor did a series recently, citing all the trends that are making the world a better place -- yes, it may actually be getting better. Contrary to the news of environmental disasters, crazy weather patterns, global demonstrations against inequality, and ...