Global Issues

Climate change alters our world in various ways, including how and where people can live. Severe weather events, both natural and human caused, are becoming more frequent and severe, will displace millions of people and make them choose to leave their homes. In fact, in just the last decade, an estimated 220 million people have […]

In the depths of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the tragic story unfolds every day: people, including children, labor in dangerous and brutal conditions, mining the cobalt needed for the rechargeable batteries that power our phones and electric vehicles. Their struggle remains largely invisible to consumers who enjoy modern conveniences. The spread of industrial-scale cobalt