“Education spurs growth and unlocks potential. After all, a single year of primary education creates a 10 to 20 percent increase in a woman's wages later in life. Education lowers the risk of disease and decreases the likelihood that a child will fall into violence and crime. And a child born to a literate mother is 50 percent more likely to survive past age five. No country has achieved sustained growth without at least 40 percent literacy for its adults.” YearsChildrenCountryAgePastMotherFallGrowthBornFiveViolenceRiskCrimeDiseasePercentAdultsIncreasePrimariesWagesLiteracySpursDecreaseLikelihoodLater In LifePrimary Education Author:Shakira
“When we talked about going to help Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea Conakry how many doctors in Cuba raised their hands to go? 15 thousand. In their homes they said, "We are willing to go risk our lives to help other countries". That is true medicine; it is the true observance of the Hippocratic Oath that doctors swear to.” SaidCountryHelpingHomeHandsOur LivesRiskWillingThousandDoctorsMedicineRaisedHelping OthersSwearOther CountriesThey SaidCubaOathObservanceGuineaSierraSierra Leone Author:Alejandro Castro Espin
“When you go into a country like Libya where a large chunk of the population wants the old regime back you could end up with a protracted civil war. That we're now in a stalemate was both entirely predictable, and predicted. That we're now relying on drones is disturbing. How vital can a cause be if we're not willing to risk American lives to defend it, and instead use robots and remote control operators? It gets me back to the larger feeling about the intervention - there's just not a compelling reason for us to be involved.” WarCountryReasonFeelingsRiskCivil WarPredictable Author:Michael Hastings
“The president-elect Donald Trump moved a bit closer to getting his Cabinet in place with another round of confirmation hearings. The most contentious was for his treasury secretary pick, Steven Mnuchin, a billionaire banker who worked at Goldman Sachs and owned a hedge fund. There was important news that came out during the hearing. Mnuchin said that he would support raising the debt ceiling sooner rather than later, and not risk the country defaulting.” ImportantCountrySupportRiskMovedFundSecretaryBillionaireTreasuryConfirmation Author:Judy Woodruff
“As the photographer, it's challenging to make images that read quickly and are powerful, but have enough humanity and compassion. I've worked on these issues in the developing world because that's where the risk to girl's safety and access to education is the highest. But that doesn't mean that we don't have issues in the U.S. or western countries. For me, I focused on the developing world because it felt like the issue was more urgent there.” WorldMeanCountryEnoughHumanityChallengesPowerfulCompassionRiskSafetyWesternPhotographerFocused Author:Stephanie Sinclair
“Do you realize how many people of this country have been educated, have grown up, who have been taught that, yeah, we're at risk and there's a lot of people that want to blow us up and don't like us. But we are to blame. That's what they've been taught. We are to blame, 'cause there was slavery, because we've stolen all these goods and resources from other countries. We have imposed our way of life on them! We've sent our military around, and we've conducted wars on their territory and so forth.” PeopleWarCountryRealizingRiskMilitaryBlameSlaveryBlowEducated Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The risk is that you've got a vast majority of the electorate saying that they believe the country is going seriously in the wrong direction. But the message here will be hope and optimism and also underscoring the history nature of this, with a woman taking the - a major party nomination for the first time.” BelieveCountryPartyRiskFirst TimeOptimism Author:Jonathan Karl
“It was clear to me that the White House's solemn atmosphere would not civilize Trump. But the merciless nepotism with which he conducts politics, in which he places himself and his family above the law, I wouldn't have considered that possible. And on top of that there is this reduction of complex political decisions to 140 characters. When it comes to a U.S. president, I consider the reduction of politics to a tweet to be truly dangerous. Trump is a risk to his country and the entire world.” WorldCountryCharacterPoliticalPresidentDecisionRiskDangerousAtmosphereSolemnTweetAbove The LawNepotism140 Character Author:Martin Schulz