Advocacy & Development

The efforts of Academy Award-winning actor Geena Davis to urge young women and girls to pursue non-traditional careers is the kind of advocacy society needs to really change the future, writes columni… Read More

A survey finds that, on average boys suspect they are gay by age 10, are sure of it by age 15, but don't come out until they are 18. For girls, those ages are 13, 18 and 21, respectively. Read More

U.S. researchers looked at more than 1,700 survivors of childhood cancer and found that 98% of them had at least one chronic health condition as they became adults. The most common chronic ailment was… Read More

Developers at the MIT Media Lab have created a virtual speaking coach intended to help users, particularly individuals with high-functioning autism or social anxiety disorders, practice conversations … Read More

"Vladimir Putin and President Obama are meeting today on the margins of the G-8 summit for some high politics negotiations on Syria. As they meet, it is worth remembering the sheer humanitarian toll t… Read More

Bosses should demand brutal honesty of their employees, particularly if they feel things are going wrong, says Paulett Eberhart, CEO of CDI. That means encouraging workers to "be very aggressive" in m… Read More

About 850,000 home mortgages shifted from underwater status to positive equity in the first quarter, reports CoreLogic. The increasing number of borrowers with positive equity -- now about 39 million … Read More