Books by Steven Pinker and Hans Rosling, among others, and reports from the World Bank and the UN, all argue that world poverty has dropped dramatically, and the
The Gallup World Poll reveals the worst pockets of global suffering. On the map above, the darker the nation’s color, the worse the suffering, and the countries in
By 2020 the UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency) reported 71 million forcibly displaced people worldwide, half of whom qualify as refugees, and half of them are under the age
This site has two pillars, understanding world suffering and enabling compassion and other actions to alleviate suffering. Think of compassion as the desire to alleviate specific suffering. Exposure to a
Abstract To those living within the central zones of large cities worldwide, homelessness has become a common way of being. However, in suburban and rural areas it may
Like a bomb explosion, the number of American deaths from opioid abuse has quadrupled in four years to 66,000. Globally, there are about 200,000 estimated opiate-related deaths,
The first half of 2017 has tossed the world order into a new set of vulnerabilities not previously experienced. We have been previously threatened by high risks of
This article traces the history of the concept of suffering in order to understand how beliefs about suffering and the pain of suffering affected society and shaped the
South Sudan became an independent nation in 2011, but within the year, armed conflict began between warring clans and ethnic groups, who are affiliated with different presidential candidates.
Donald Trump is the first President to use Twitter to regularly communicate with his public. As of late 2019 he has released over 40,000 tweet messages. Fortunately, Brendan
