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By Darragh Worland | Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:57 PM ET

The Enough Project is urging consumers like you (and me!) to demand conflict-free electronics. Here's how. Read More

More like this in: iPhone, YouTube, Asia, Electronics, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, U.S. House of Representatives

By Katherine Gustafson | Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:25 PM ET

And now John Stamos (remember him?) is making a movie about it. Read More

More like this in: California, Florida, Babies, Adoption, Ricki Lake

By Katherine Gustafson | Thu Nov 19, 2009 12:46 PM ET

Some 2.5 billion people live without toilets, and more children die of sanitation-related diseases than any others. Today we recognize how important toilets are. Read More

More like this in: Health, Children, Water

By Katherine Gustafson | Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:56 AM ET

A Gates Foundation-funded study by University of California researchers will test alternative methods to save children from diarrheal diseases. Read More

More like this in: Health, California, Water, Kenya, Death, University of California, World Health Organization, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (B&MGF), Bangladesh, Hygiene, Water Quality

By Katherine Gustafson | Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:46 AM ET

The org Video Volunteers is on the leading edge of the next social change revolution: giving the poor a voice for change via digital media. Read More

More like this in: Education, India, YouTube, Television, Asia, Film, mtv, Entrepreneurship, Domestic Violence, Third World and Developing Countries, Cameras, Social entrepreneurship

By Katherine Gustafson | Wed Nov 11, 2009 5:19 PM ET

At the Maldives Forum for Climate Vulnerable Countries, those nations most threatened by a changing climate vow to take the lead on action. Read More

More like this in: Climate change, Global Warming, Emissions, Kenya, Vietnam, Ghana, Tanzania, Nepal, Bangladesh, Maldives, Glaciers, Bhutan

By Katherine Gustafson | Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:12 AM ET

The world's woman grow over half the food but own only 2 percent of the land. The Rural Development Institute's new center aims to fix that. Read More

More like this in: Clinton Global Initiative, Africa, India, China, Poverty, United Nations, Asia, Agriculture, Farming, Women, Sub-Saharan Africa, Farmers

By Darragh Worland | Mon Nov 9, 2009 12:18 PM ET

Thousands gather to watch as 1,000 dominoes topple along the former site of the Berlin Wall in a symbolic re-enactment of the end of the Cold War. Read More

More like this in: The New York Times, Europe, Germany, Russia, Poland, Peace, Berlin, European Union, Eastern Europe, Communism , The Berlin Wall, Cold War

By Kendall Hunter | Sun Nov 1, 2009 8:45 PM ET

Actor Ethan Hawke makes a statement in defense of Madonna's vocal support for Eastern European Gypsies in Romania. Read More

More like this in: Madonna, Music, Europe, Education, Associated Press, Halloween, The Associated Press, The Guardian, Romania, Discrimination, Eastern Europe, Racism

By Kendall Hunter | Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:04 AM ET

Authors who deal with the theme of peace in their works are honored in the US and Germany. Read More

More like this in: Europe, Africa, Germany, Asia, Peace, Ohio, Religion, Sheryl Wudunn