In Burundi, one of the smallest, poorest nations in Africa, more than 2 million people spend more than 30 minutes a day just trying to get clean water for drinking and bathing. Most of them are women. Now, Beyoncé is trying to change that. Through a partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Beyoncé’s […]
In Burundi, one of the smallest, poorest nations in Africa, more than 2 million people spend more than 30 minutes a day just trying to get clean water for drinking and bathing. Most of them are women. Now, Beyoncé is trying to change that. Through a partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Beyoncé’s […]
By Joe McCarthy There’s a heat wave, and then there’s 129 degree weather—one is uncomfortable, the other is deadly. As countries around the world face rising temperatures from climate change, parts of Iran are getting scorched. On Thursday, the southern Iranian city of Ahvaz hit a staggering 128.7 or 129.2 degrees Fahrenheit, according to two […]
By James O’Hare There are 20 million people in the world facing famine in South Sudan, Somalia, Nigeria and Yemen. In developed nations, too, people go hungry. Venezuela, for instance, is enduring food insecurity on a national level as a result of economic crisis and political corruption. In the U.S., the land of supposed excess, […]
By Joe McCarthy A lot of people take part in community clean-up efforts—spending a Saturday morning picking up litter in a park, mowing an overgrown field or painting a fence. But not everyone has the drive to do what a young lawyer and environmentalist in Mumbai recently accomplished. In 2015, Afroz Shah moved to an […]
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