News (Page 80)
May 25, 2022
Raising Money to Raise a School in Rural Africa
A humanitarian fundraiser is seeking to build a new school in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Kivu Project […]
May 24, 2022
Oregon Wood Processing Plant Closes, but Complaints Linger on
In January, a state agency informed Jim Irwin that the property he shares with his daughter is contaminated with dioxins. The letter may have arrived 10 years too late.
May 20, 2022
Pakistan Cries Foul Over Influx of Afghan Refugees
Three million Afghan refugees have fled to Pakistan since 2002, according to the UNHCR. Pakistan’s government says it doesn’t have the capacity for this refugee influx.
May 15, 2022
‘Going to School Won’t Feed my Girls:’ Barriers to Girls’ Education In Pakistan
Pakistan has the world’s second-highest number of out-of-school children with an estimated 22.8 million children, ages 5-16, not attending school. One organization is working to change those numbers with a system of portable, tent schools.
May 15, 2022
Fort Bliss Has a Problem with Sexual Assault. How Do Its Leaders Plan to Fix it?
In a 2018 report, the Research and Development (RAND) Corporation identified Army installations with the highest sexual assault incidents, which included Fort Hood and Fort Bliss in Texas and Fort Stewart, Georgia as the top three. While Fort Hood attracts much of the media’s attention with its highest incidents of sexual assault, Fort Bliss holds the second highest sexual assault incidents out of all installations, a statistic apparently unfamiliar to Fort Bliss leaders.