World Oct 26 Pakistan’s polio health workers make inroads toward eradication Polio remains prevalent across Pakistan, one of only three countries in the world where the crippling viral disease is endemic. A campaign to dispense vaccinations have helped relieve the crisis, but threats of violence and misinformation from the Taliban are…
World Apr 17 This innovator is trying to make sanitary pads affordable for women in India Arunachalam Murugananthan is known as India's pad man. Breaking a strict taboo in India's tradition-bound society, Murugananthan worked to perfect an affordable sanitary pad in hope of starting a movement to help women in the developing world. Special correspondent Sam…
World Aug 18 Column: How my reporting trip to Ethiopia came to an abrupt end We came to Ethiopia to report on the country’s response to a historic drought. We left with a very different story and a taste of how hard it is for journalists, even those on what should have been a mostly…
World Sep 16 Doctor slashes the cost of surgeries for India’s poor To keep costs of heart surgeries low for poor populations in India, Narayana Health took a partnership approach.
Nation Aug 07 My story as an Indian immigrant Forty years ago, I arrived in America with none of the social bona fides, the pedigree that comes from T-ball, Boy Scouts, junior prom or graduating from the local high school.
World Apr 24 Human rights activist Sabeen Mahmud shot dead in Karachi Sabeen Mahmud was a human rights activist owner of a coffee shop and performance space in Karachi, Pakistan, designed to bring people together. On Friday, Mahmud, 40, was fatally gunned down as she left T2F (The Second Floor) following an…
Nation Oct 30 Food truck church brings faith and calzones to those in need Every Thursday, the Rev. Margaret Kelly and a group of volunteers gather in the basement of St. Paul’s Gustavus Adolphus Church to roll out hundreds of meat- and cheese-filled calzones, to be loaded and baked in her food truck and…
World Sep 22 Reporter’s Notebook: Covering Ebola in Nigeria while navigating corruption The story of Ebola in Nigeria is an unusual and frankly rare one about things going right somewhere in Africa, albeit with fingers crossed for fear that it could quickly change. The numbers are remarkable: just 21 cases of Ebola…
World Jul 03 Uneasy alliance in Bangladesh reveals complex social issues A partnership with multinational corporations in Bangladesh reveals the complex social issues that underlie poverty and compromises anti-poverty activists must make to achieve growth and self-sustainability.
World Apr 09 Questions linger a year after Bangladesh’s garment factory collapse On the afternoon of April 23, 2013, workers at the Rana Plaza offices of BRAC Bank were concerned about recent cracks that had appeared in the walls of the building. Their manager ordered tellers to complete transactions they were working…