Africa Archive
From July 18 to July 22, Durban, South Africa hosted the 21st International AIDS Conference, the largest gathering in the world for any single global health issue. Along with scores of researchers who spoke about their efforts and findings, politicians, …
When I had my graduation party two years ago, almost everyone that was invited asked me, “which one is your boyfriend? When are you getting married?” I was asked so many times that I started to wonder if a degree …
Recently, a part-time case manager and a part-time interpreter began work at my agency. They are meant to work as a team, as the case manager did not have the necessary language skills, and the interpreter did not have the …
Call Me Kuchu, a new brilliant documentary that tells the story of queer community activists in the Eastern African nation of Uganda, and their struggle for their human rights
By: Courtney Kidd, LMSW SJS staff writer In Mauritania, 10-20% of the country’s population is enslaved. This western African country was the last in the world to criminalize slavery in 1981, but has only prosecuted one case successfully. Although …
Outside of a Miss America contest we hear very little about world hunger, which as national economies fail across the world, should actually be an open issue. What some might not realize is that this growing concern is that not …
It took me a while to really get a grasp what this story was getting at, but I have yet to have my morning coffee! The Associated Press, ABC, and the State Dept. are now claiming that the first sign …
