Socially-conscious children’s films use artistic platform to educate

Hollywood has always been criticized for trying to engineer American society. For example, MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough accused Brokeback Mountain of advancing a “ra...

More young people are watching Planet Earth 2 than The X Factor

It seems the nation’s younger citizens are finally favouring the beauty of the natural world over the wailing of amateur singers.

The BBC has confirmed ...

'This Is a New Frontier': The Global Movement Working to Make Courts Feminist

When a sentence of six months' probation was handed down in the case of Brock Turner, the 20-year college Stanford University swimming star who assaulted an unconscious wom...

"Disability rights must be strengthened legally"

"The legal framework of India itself discriminates against people with disabilities," said Rajiv Rajan, Human Rights Law Network, here on Wednesday. He was addressing an or...

Udayer Pathe - A Star Is Born

With Udayer Pathe, a new star was born – the name was BIMAL ROY.
As cinematographer, that star quality was evident after he shot P.C .Barua’s MUKTI. Deser...

'You Can't Stand by and Watch People Die': The Woman Developing an HIV Vaccine

In the 1990s, Dr. Glenda Gray was an activist and medical student, fighting to end segregation in the hospitals of apartheid South Africa and mobilize communities around he...

Off-grid solar to help Myanmar bring electricity to all by 2030

Four feet in length, of aggressive disposition, and deadly poisonous: you don’t want to stand on a Russell’s viper in the dark. Especially if there’s no a...

The Hidden Epidemic of Men Who Are Raped by Women

There are many great things about the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's survey on sexual violence, according to UCLA law professor Lara Stemple. "The interviewer...

World AIDS Day 2016: 10 myths and stereotypes busted

There are many myths and incorrect social ideas that surround HIV and AIDS. People often even assume that the two are the same, which is definitely not the case. Myths rega...