Americas

A need for organs that has superseded supply has given rise to a growing number of illegitimate “medical” organizations endangering the lives of the most vulnerable. This reporter responds with solutions.

As massive protests in Tahir Square and elsewhere in Egypt call for President Hosni Mubarak to step down from a 30-year reign marked largely by autocratic power, the West, in particular the U.S. appears to be stuck in thought about what to say, who to support, and what decisive action it should or should not take. One reporter’s view.

Brazillian actress Morena Baccarin writes, America may be the land of possibilities but she’ll never forget their roots.

Freedom and democracy may soon replace authoritarianism in Venezuela after the elections there Sept. 26.

Singer-turned-politician Wyclef Jean wants to be Haiti’s next president. But will legal obstacles unravel his candidacy despite the support of Haiti’s youth?

A 20 year old Mexican woman is exchanged for a cow and that’s considered dowry. When she is beaten by her husband it’s considered “education” in her indigenous mountain village community. Her response must have global impact.

The deportation of students who are in the U.S. illegally may ultimately redound to America’s detriment.

Haitian students committed to making Gandhi’s statement, “Be the change you want to see in the world,” a reality.

Remembering Haiti’s mothers with black and purple flowers this Mothers’ Day.

People’s inhumanity to others is the stuff news is made of. Yet when we step outside media’s lens we can focus more clearly on the stuff that makes us happy – like other people. And the lesson learned?