Entrepreneurship Helps Delay Child Marriage In India, Empower Young Women

Impoverished girls in India who are at high risk of child marriage are gaining independence and generating income with the help of a Seattle-based non-profit. Landesa Rural...

Five-Day Long Film Fever Catches On With 6th Jagran Film Festival

~ Opening film ‘Masaan’ gives way to a stupendous film lineup over the next 5 days ~

~ Film lovers, cine gurus and iconic artistes from all over the wor...

A Look At Hollywood's Female On-Screen Superheroes

Hollywood doesn’t have the greatest track record when it comes to female superhero features. However, we take a look at some fierce and vindictive crime-fighters who ...

Climate Pressures Threaten Political Stability: Security Experts

But work now to protect food security, reshape water sharing agreements and cut risks from worsening weather disasters could play a huge role in reducing future conflict, r...

Twitter embraces Modi’s #SelfieWithDaughter call, skips grim gender gap

Social media platforms were flooded with father-daughter selfies thanks to a message from Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his monthly radio address on Sunday. “In...

How TV Shows Like ‘Modern Family’ Helped Shape Perceptions Of Same-Sex Marriage (POLL)

Today’s Supreme Court ruling in favor of gay marriage was the opinion of five judges. But their decision also reflects changing attitudes among the population at larg...

Sean Parker: Philanthropy for Hackers

Today’s young Internet barons should use the talents that made them rich to transform the world of giving In the past several decades, there has been a monumental shi...

An Airliner Near-Catastrophe Offers Unique Neuroscience

In August 2001, behavioral neuroscientist Margaret McKinnon was among 306 passengers and crew on Air Transat Flight 236, a transoceanic flight originating in Toronto and de...

Nantucket Film Festival Celebrates Risk-Taking Writers

“Nantucket has been a creative refuge for decades,” multihyphenate Ben Stiller says. “The festival has coalesced the film-writing community and celebrated...