St. Benedict’s Preparatory School in Newark, New Jersey, is a high school unlike any other. The school, filled with inner-city youth, is run by those very students. Benedictine Monk Edwin…
More than 20 years after the Rwandan genocide, people like Jacqueline Musabyimana are still reeling in the aftermath. Her father was a victim of the conflict, and young Jacqueline was…
Dr Karin Baatjes is a breast cancer surgeon and activist for DITTO. Everyday she touches the lives of women with her hands. She has taken it upon herself to also…
12 year-old Beau Dermott blew the judges away when she belted out an incredible rendition of Idina Menzel’s hit, “Defying Gravity,” on Britain’s Got Talent. Beau, who appropriately wore a…
“FA” was just 10 years old when her stepfather starting abusing her. By the time she was 15 and preparing to testify against him, she was suicidal, afraid, and unable…
Moved by the plight of young learners struggling to read, Taryn Lock gave up her corporate job and, with her husband, co-founded Read to Rise, an NGO that allows access…
The son of a union shop steward raised in a working class family, Papike Mohale had an idea of the direction his life and career would take when he decided…
The Saudi-led coalition supporting government forces in Yemen has said it will respect a UN-backed ceasefire which came into force on Monday. Iranian-backed Houthi rebels who are trying to overthrow…
Where mind meets heart
“Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.” ― R.J. Palacio
