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The aid industry focuses on issues about women and is dominated by female staffers. So why are they often absent in high-level public conversations?
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In 2012, it’s more likely to be obesity than infectious disease, even in many so-called "poor" countries.People around the world are living longer – but…
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When you flush the toilet every day, you probably aren’t thinking much about where your waste goes. But Seattle’s Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is…
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The Harvard University professor of international development is author of “The New Harvest,” a book (free online) in which he makes his case for how…
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“This is against international law but not against the law in the U.S.”The media love-fest with digital gizmos is moving from the high-pitched holiday…
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Sometime around Halloween, we’re told, the world’s 7th billion living person will be born.Whether you should celebrate this milestone, recoil in horror or…
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UPDATE: Advance ticket sales have ended. However, additional tickets are available at the door tonight for $10 - cash only, starting at 6pm. For those who…
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Global health is a big deal in Seattle.As a matter of worldwide significance, it is of course a big deal everywhere — by definition. But what I mean is…
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I caught up with supermodel Christy Turlington Wednesday night as she walked from the Andra Hotel over to the Cinerama Theater for the Seattle screening…
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One of the Gates Foundation’s primary goals is to improve the lives of smallholder farmers in Africa by helping improve agricultural productivity.On…