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|  | A Nation of Immigrants 
Monday, 24 March 2008
Adjusting to life in a new country is hard. A great resource for recent arrivals is: all the previous immigrants (3:06 min.) |
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|  | Preserving the Mother Tongues
Wednesday, 27 February 2008
90 percent of the world's non-national languages will probably die out this century. What’s being done to preserve them (2:08 min.) |
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|  | Ready for the World
Friday, 15 February 2008
Vincent Santana and fellow graduates of the Rights of Passage program have brighter futures than anyone thought possible (3:10 min.) |
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|  | Stopping Child Trafficking
Sunday, 13 January 2008
Countless children around the world fall prey to unscrupulous employers and pimps. A group in Tanzania is offering some of these youngsters hope (3:48 min.) |
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|  | Civilians Flee DRC Fighting
Wednesday, 9 January 2008
The internally displaced seek refuge in camps in the eastern part of the country. But life in many of these camps is difficult and dangerous (1:54 min.) |
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|  | One Man's Trash...
Tuesday, 4 December 2007
Desperation drives many in the West Bank to pick through the local dump to find items to sell, so their families can survive (2:23 min.) |
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|  | The Wheelchair Santa
Monday, 26 November 2007
Ed Butchart started an organization that has given away 20,000 wheelchairs to grateful recipients in 65 countries (3:54 min.) |
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|  | Runway Leadership
Saturday, 17 November 2007
Numerous international fashion designers promote economic development in impoverished communities through their choice of fabrics and worksites (2:57 min.) |
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|  | A Rapid Decline
Sunday, 4 November 2007
Many rural villages in Ukraine and nearby are quickly losing population for a variety of reasons – and may disappear (3:56 min.) |
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|  | The Largest Migration in Southeast Asia
Wednesday, 12 September 2007
Minority populations are fleeing Burma to refugee camps. The saga of one displaced family that traveled to be with a community of fellow Burmese in the northeast U.S. (3:53 min.) |
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|  | The Voice of the Lakota Nation
Thursday, 30 August 2007
The Pine Ridge Indian reservation in rural South Dakota has its own radio station, providing a way to preserve the native Lakota language and culture (3:20 min.) |
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|  | Goree Island, Senegal
Wednesday, 22 August 2007
Then: A slavery shipping point – a place to avoid. Now: a major tourist destination for those who want to explore their past or understand human nature (2:32 min.) |
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|  | Designs for Real Life
Tuesday, 14 August 2007
A museum displays utilitarian devices that solve problems simply for the world’s poor, hungry, and disadvantaged (3:33 min.) |
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|  | Generating Their Own Power
Monday, 23 July 2007
Small amounts of money are making dramatic improvements in the lives of women in Rwanda – allowing them to start businesses and help others (2:47 min.) |
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|  | Free Electricity from the Sun
Tuesday, 17 July 2007
Impoverished villagers in remote parts of the Philippines are thankful to have their first electricity, but they can’t afford even solar power (2:45 min.) |
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|  | 6.6 Billion and Growing
Wednesday, 11 July 2007
World Population Day reveals more than half the world lives in urban areas – often poor – and that women are key to societies’ welfare (3:15 min.) |
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|  | And the Fruit is Delicious
Sunday, 1 July 2007
Breadfruit trees are one of the highest-yielding food plants. They could be an answer to hunger and malnutrition in tropical regions (4:25 min.) |
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|  | The Assessment After the Handover
Saturday, 30 June 2007
Hong Kong has been under the Chinese flag for 10 years. Some see signs of trouble in economic and living conditions for many of the city’s citizens (3:45 min.) |
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|  | Shrinking Cities
Friday, 25 May 2007
An art exhibit traveling the world is an innovative explanation of the causes and remedies for the problems of cities in decline (3:16 min.) |
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|  | “We Are Together”
Wednesday, 23 May 2007
Singing lifts their spirits and raises money. A choir of South African orphans is the subject of an award-winning documentary (3:30 min.) |
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|  | Women Helping Women
Friday, 6 April 2007
After suffering through ravages of war, female victims are rebuilding lives through generosity of strangers (4:33 min.) |
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|  | Responding to Islamophobia
Friday, 30 March 2007
Muslim group launches campaign to counter mischaracterization of Muslims in the US (3:03 min.) |
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|  | March on the Pentagon Planned
Thursday, 8 March 2007
Antiwar activists, including Cindy Sheehan, hope to repeat the effect of a protest 40 years ago that helped end the Vietnam war (1:02 min.) |
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|  | Slow Fade to Black
Saturday, 3 March 2007
Cinemas in Senegal are closing their doors for lack of new movies and many other reasons. This might foreshadow a decline elsewhere (3:24 min.) |
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|  | Race, Religion and Romance
Monday, 26 February 2007
Former Defense Secretary William Cohen discusses his memoir about his inter-racial marriage and observations on America (6:22 min.) |
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|  | A Voice for the Voiceless
Tuesday, 6 February 2007
Actress Mia Farrow, a UN Goodwill Ambassador, has twice seen the tragedy of the people of Darfur – here she relays an emotional and urgent plea from them (2:10 min.) |
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|  | Are you Rich or Poor?
Thursday, 25 January 2007
Two percent of the world’s population controls more than half of the wealth. See how globalization will change that (2:03 min.) |
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|  | One Billion Live in Slums
Tuesday, 16 January 2007
A report estimates one-third of all urban residents worldwide live in slum conditions – most are in Asia and Africa (2:12 min) |
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|  | Childhood Survival Story 
Monday, 11 December 2006
Forced to fend for himself at 7-years-old, author writes of childhood survival (3:13 min) | |
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|  | Dadaab Somali Refugees
Tuesday, 5 December 2006
A bad situation made worse: A new wave of Somali refugees strains the resources of a refugee camp in Kenya (6:33 min.) |
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