Climate change is killing life at the bottom of the sea

Climate change isn’t a matter of controversy– the planet’s climate changes all the time and is arguably doing so now. The question is what’s causing...

3 Screens and The Missing 4th “R”

Screens surround us, and our children.

First of all there is the big screen, with its larger than life images, with its tinsel moorings, colors and the celebrities ...

What To Eat During Pregnancy

A pregnant woman needs to ensure that her diet provides enough nutrients and energy for her baby to develop and grow properly, and also to make sure that her body is health...

Happily Ever After…?

A telegram announced her arrival into this world. Just three words, but how they changed our lives. I had to wait six months to see her. When my eyes fell upon her sleeping...

Woman with muscular dystrophy applies to be a fashion model as a joke, gets the job

Jillian Mercado is a fashion blogger and the editor at We The Urban… A few months ago, she saw a casting call from clothing company Diesel. They were looking for you...

Movie Review: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Rating: 3 stars

Director: Peter Jackson

Cast: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellan, Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly

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FORBIDDEN VOICES

Synopsis

Their voices are suppressed, prohibited and censored. But influential cyber feminists from Cuba, China and Iran keep blogging about the...

Strengthening African health systems

A group of current and former African finance ministers discussed ways to improve the management of public health systems at an early October roundtable convened by Harvard...

New Global Centers in Nigeria and India Partner with Hollywood for Social Impact

India’s Bollywood and Nigeria’s Nollywood film industries are leveraging the power of entertainment in an effort to prevent disease and improve the quality of l...