Save the Poor by Selling Them Stuff — Cheap
The bottom-of-the-pyramid marketing movement tries to profit the developing world and make a profit at the same time.
Lee Baca Wants to Educate L.A.’s Prisoners
In this Miller-McCune Q&A, Los Angeles County's top cop Lee Baca explains why he wants to offer an education to tens of thousands of prisoners.
Resurrecting the Dead Sea
An extraordinary plan to revive the Dead Sea could ease tensions among Israel, Palestine and Jordan. Or it could create an environmental disaster.
Is the Gaza Blockade Backfiring?
The flotilla debacle aside, Israel's effort to strangle Hamas is fighting some tough historical headwinds.
Taming Suicide-Bomber City
Why is the West Bank's most notorious militant hotbed being touted as a model of Israeli-Palestinian cooperation?
Desperately Seeking Landmines
Despite years of research on everything from 'HeroRATS' to TNT-sniffing bees, humans still remove most landmines by poking — very, very carefully — in the ground.
Finding Water from Outer Space
A globe-trotting geologist uses satellites and other remote-sensing platforms to find water under some of the world's thirstiest places.
Study in Contrepreneurship
In its first four years, Catherine Rohr's Prison Entrepreneurship Program shows some success in turning drug dealers and other convicts into legit businessmen.
First, Reduce Harm
Faced with a horrific drug problem, Vancouver is trying a radical experiment: Let junkies be junkies.