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Why teachers are ditching report cards

Lane Merrifield vividly recalls the stress his young son felt when he got his first "C" on a report card.

First published by | September 27, 2015 | Education | 0 responses

Saudi Arabia is facing a cash crunch

Saudi Arabia's mountain of oil money is shrinking.

First published by | October 4, 2015 | Business & Politics | 0 responses

‘Hundreds’ of Yazidi women killing themselves in ISIS captivity

"Hello?" The voice is muffled, crackly, and barely audible, but the caller's desperation is clear: "Our situation is very bad and cannot get any worse."

First published by | October 5, 2015 | Social Change | 0 responses

CITE: The $1 billion city that nobody calls home

In the arid plains of the southern New Mexico desert, between the site of the first atomic bomb test and the U.S.-Mexico border, a new city is rising from the sand.

First published by | October 6, 2015 | Science & Technology | 0 responses

Nanjing Sifang Art Park: An architectural wonderland hidden in a Chinese forest

In 2003, nearly two dozen of the biggest names in international and Chinese architecture were invited to this bamboo-clad patch of mountain on the outskirts of the ancient Chinese capital of Nanjing.

First published by | October 7, 2015 | Social Change | 0 responses

Coral reefs endangered by bleaching in global event, researchers say

For the third time since records have been kept, the world is experiencing a global coral bleaching event.

First published by | October 8, 2015 | Environment | 0 responses

Female genital mutilation: Why Egyptian girls fear the summer

Summer days: They're what childhood memories are made of, glorious afternoons of unchecked freedom to frolic with friends in the sun, unshackled from the earthly obligations of a math class that never seemed further away.

First published by | October 11, 2015 | Social Change | 0 responses