Special Reports

Today's a new day. It's your day. You shape it. Don't let it be shaped by someone else's ignorance or fear - Steve Maraboli

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WWOOF: Cultivating a More Organic Future Through Work Opportunities

WWOOF: Cultivating a More Organic Future Through Work Opportunities

WWOOF connects those desiring experience in organic farming with properties that can provide it. It's a simple "work for room and board" model that can yield rich results for the people and the land.

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Reporters Without Borders: Extending the Frontiers of Press Freedom

Reporters Without Borders: Extending the Frontiers of Press Freedom

The free exchange of information has always been under attack all over the world. 30 years ago, four journalists decided to form an organization whose sole mission was to keep track of these attacks and do whatever was within their power to fight back.

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The MetaMed Model: Harnessing the Power of Information to Expedite Patient Health

The MetaMed Model: Harnessing the Power of Information to Expedite Patient Health

If knowledge is power, then MetaMed may prove strong enough to change the diagnostic paradigm in the world of medicine by harnessing teams of doctors and researchers to help individual patients find out what's wrong.

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Doctors Without Borders: Pushing Compassion Across Political Boundaries

Doctors Without Borders: Pushing Compassion Across Political Boundaries

Few organizations are as universally admired as Médecins Sans Frontières, which has been called "the exemplar of humanitarian aid" because of both the emergency medical care volunteers provide in what are literally the world's worst conditions and...

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Defib 247

Defib 247

Despite CPR and 911 the odds of surviving Sudden Cardiac Arrest are worse than winning in Las Vegas. And it doesn't matter whether you are young or old. Sudden cardiac arrest affects us all

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Food Not Bombs: Targeting the Status Quo with Nourishing Acts of Defiance

Food Not Bombs: Targeting the Status Quo with Nourishing Acts of Defiance

In the United States, 20% of the federal budget goes to the military, and over 30% of edible food goes to waste. Operating in the ether between two statistics is Food Not Bombs, giving away food in the hope of refashioning the world...

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Molina Healthcare: Well Equipped to Venture into the New Frontiers of Universal Coverage

Molina Healthcare: Well Equipped to Venture into the New Frontiers of Universal Coverage

Dr. Mario Molina believes that government can be a force for good. His Fortune 500 company is spreading that force as widely as possible to help those medically and economically underserved.

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If You Think 'Organic' Food is 'Organic', Think Again

If You Think 'Organic' Food is 'Organic', Think Again

The organic food industry has outgrown the original regulations meant to protect it and its consumers. How organic is organic food is more important now than in the past

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ObamaCare, Is There a Fix?

ObamaCare, Is There a Fix?

Just ask our northern neighbors, the Canadians. And it’s not defunding ObamaCare, granting everyone the current ‘federal worker option’ or even socialized medicine. For the lack of a better term could it be a SinglePayerPlan, aka Medicare for everyone.

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Menopause, 'Freshman 20' Again

Menopause, 'Freshman 20' Again

Entering menopause is a mixed bag for many women. While putting periods, cramps and PMS behind you may be a bonus, new challenges take their place including a thickening middle