Society
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Society ColombiaIt Used to Be a Macho-City – Now It’s Run by a Female Mayor. And She’s Openly Gay
Claudia Lopez has been elected as an openly gay woman mayor – a historic first not only in Colombia, but in any capital in the Americas – showing a big improvement in the attitude towards human rights across the continent, which for centuries was considered the…
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SocietyGet Your Free Food in My Neighborhood, More and More People Tell the Needy
A global movement that started in the United States has people setting up “pantries” in their neighborhood, to help residents provide the underprivileged with 24-hour access to free food and other necessities that they may not normally be able to afford.
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SocietyYoung Ethiopians Make Their Country Number One in Social Business
Ethiopia, the first developing country to have hosted the 12th annual Social Enterprise World Forum, is the fastest growing economy in the region and now home to around 55,000 social businesses, all on a drive to help the needy.
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SocietyTree Lovers Want to Buy Land to Save Thousand Year Old Giant Sequoias
Save the Redwoods League is seeking the public’s help to finalize its purchase of Alder Creek – the world’s largest remaining privately owned giant sequoia forest – in California, United States, to protect and preserve the remarkable grove.
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SocietyThe U.S. is Ending Chronic Homelessness One City at a Time
A national program in the United States called Built for Zero has been ending chronic homelessness – the state of being homeless for more than a year – in cities using real-time data that allows officials to identify and extend a hand to those in need.
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SocietyThai Seafood Industry Tackles Slavery with Improved Regulations
The European Union has recently lifted a yellow card warning to Thailand following four years of substantial progress in the nation’s seafood industry, fighting human trafficking, improving worker conditions, and tackling illegal and unregulated fishing.