Afghanistan: The Abandoned Nation
Reading Time: 13 minutes Supporting Afghanistan means doing so in a more astute manner that may lead to real peace in the interests of all Afghans and not just select power groups.
Steve McCurry Merges Art and Photojournalism
Reading Time: 15 minutes Award-winning photojournalist Steve McCurry is perhaps best known for his iconic picture of “Afghan Girl.” Edward Girardet explores where the Philadelphia-based photographer is today.
Ex-Monk Takes on the Thai Sex Mafia
Reading Time: 11 minutes Human trafficking engulfs an estimated 40 million victims worldwide, most of them women and children. Indonesian Hartanto Gunawan has dedicated the past 16 years to providing girls from Thailand with an alternative.
Business as Usual: No Longer Acceptable for Young People
Reading Time: 8 minutes As British naturalist David Attenborough — an indisputable “influencer” of today’s youth — has noted on various occasions, time is running out for our planet. The move to action may now lie in the hands of young people. Maybe it’s time to do more than simply pretend that we are listening to the concerns of the new generation.