What Makes Somalis So Different?
Somali immigrants in America have followed European patterns of integration, and not the ideal of the melting pot.
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Africa
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Dispatch from Dakar: Gathered to Fight Fistula
Obstetric fistula, a devastating consequence of childbirth that is both preventable and treatable, draws nongovernmental organizations and health care companies to pledge to fight it.
Kisaalita Engineers Solutions for Africa’s Rural Poor
University of Georgia professor William Kisaalita engineers simple, practical solutions — a milk chiller, a nutcracker and an egg incubator — for Africa's rural poor.
Lifesaving Drug Praziquantel Too Expensive for Africa
Global community must step up to fight schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease as widespread as malaria, doctors say.
The U.N.’s Death Squad Watchdog
With few resources but the force of his title — U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions — Philip Alston holds governments accountable for the politically motivated killings they commit, or ignore.
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.
John Gwynne: Bronx Zoo Designer, Conservationist
A Wonking Class Hero profile of a global environmental innovator.
Equipping Women Journalists In Kenya
Cristi Hegranes, a Miller-McCune Wonking Class Hero, expands the Global Press Institute to Kenya, where women will become the eyes and ears of the developing nation.
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.
Guidance From Above on Food Insecurity
An American-led famine early warning system uses satellite technology to predict where best to stave off future starving in the rest of the world.