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Gender

21 Leaders 2016 – Meet Three Powerhouses Who Get the Word Out

While waiting at a Calcutta hospital in 1985, MallikaDutt noticed something strange about the women's unit: it was full of burn victims. Dutt, who grew up in India and was ...

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Health

Breastfeeding Could Prevent 800,000 Child Deaths, Lancet Says

If almost every mother breastfed her children it could prevent more than 800,000 child deaths a year, yet governments are failing to promote and support breastfeeding, with...

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Human Rights

Why 2016 Is The Year To Shake Up Humanitarian Funding

Some say the system to fund the humanitarian response to conflicts and disasters is broken beyond repair. Some say it just needs a tweak. But everyone agrees, global humani...

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Sustainable Development

The End of Big Data

Personal data is anything but personal. Our phones and televisions listen in on us; the most powerful corporations in the world trade in consumer tics, browsing histories, ...

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Environment

Why Snakes' Biggest Defenders Are In Favor Of Killing Them

So when I learned that some of them are currently gearing up for an event that’s seemingly organized around killing snakes, I was intrigued. The 2016 Python Challenge...

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Festivals

From Iran To Marcellus? A Small-Town Film Festival Is Attracting International Attention

Marcellus, N.Y. -- When Lewis McCaffery decided to launch a hyper-local film festival in Marcellus, he wasn't sure what to expect. But he certainly didn't expect entries fr...

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Independent

Swing Dancing Is Back, In Documentary Form

Of all the errant bits of ’90s nostalgia that have gotten stuck in the world’s pop-cultural teeth in recent years, one that has yet to lodge itself between our ...

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Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope: Theatre A La Carte

Just a month into the new year, and quite a few noteworthy things have already happened on the theatre scene—Pankaj Kapur returned to theatre with a new play Dope...

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Hollywood

2 Chainz Donates A Home To A Family In Need

Following a charitable holiday season, which included assisting a disabled veteran pay her rent for a year and hosting “TRU 2 Hoops Holiday Basketball Classic” ...

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Hollywood

2 Chainz Donates A Home To A Family In Need

Following a charitable holiday season, which included assisting a disabled veteran pay her rent for a year and hosting “TRU 2 Hoops Holiday Basketball Classic” ...

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