Best of 2014 lists
Everyone knows that the word ‘best’ is subjective. That said, here are a few best-of-Humanosphere story lists for 2014 we…
Newsroom Picks 2014
A chat with ‘Ebola Nurse’ Kaci Hickox on how bad quarantine causes harm
Tom Paulson talks with nurse Kaci Hickox who gained international fame not for her courageous work in the middle of the deadly Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone but for refusing to comply with the irrational attempt by politicians to put her into quarantine – even though she wasn’t sick.
How Tanzania failed to fix its water access problem
The following is an abridged version of an investigative report I did with Jacob Kushner for the Ground Truth Project and…
United States wastes billions of dollars to ship food aid
The United States spent more money to ship, handle and store food aid than on the actual food. A total…
Is this the nail in the One Laptop Per Child coffin?
Another day and another hit to the once-celebrated One Laptop Per Child program. The 570,000 laptops handed out in Uruguay…
All this talk about uplifting girls isn’t helping them
(Copenhagen, Denmark) The campaigns that are meant to improve the lives of women and girls are distorting the way that…
Obama on Immigration: from humanitarian crisis to post-election afterthought
Two months ago the increasing number of children attempting to migrate into the United States captured the attention of US…
In Sierra Leone, Ebola continues its spread via denial and ignorance
Freetown, Sierra Leone – Standing in line at a small, street side pharmacy just off this port city’s main drag,…
Aid workers mixed in reaction to critical report on emergency aid industry
A sharp tongued report from Doctors Without Borders (MSF) this week has riled up the humanitarian industry. The medical relief…
Why the Electrify Africa Act is vital to powering Africa
The White House stayed true to form in the establishment of its program to increase access to electricity in Africa,…