Human Interest

Hope alone won’t halt climate change but Al Gore’s latest film highlights the role optimism can play, says Guardian columnist Susana Rustin

Surprise! Individual actions do matter.

Social Entrepreneurship is a buzz word. In Daniela Papi-Thornton's talk, she explores how the concept has narrowed down over time and is often used simpl

In 1998 Charles Moore, an oceanographer, was sailing across the North Pacific when he made an unwelcome discovery.  “As I gazed from the deck at the surface of what ought to have been a pristine ocean, I was confronted, as far as the eye could see, with the sight of plastic,” Moore wrote in Natural History magazine. 

The Thai government claims it is regulating the fishing industry more tightly, yet slavery persists. One man, duped into the trade and whose nightmare ended a few years ago, is determined to pursue justice for fellow victims

Today's History Lesson...military

While we regularly think about our men going into the military, we should never forget the role of a service person is NOT gender specific only to the male. While in today's society, both men and women serve in commissioned and non-commissioned officer status, that has not always been the case. The woman's role was mostly in the form of care and aid when needed with many entering the military as nurses.

This Day in History: July 9, 1947