By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
In 2003 at age 55, Gustitus retired from a nearly 30-year career in government, including time as chief of staff for U.S. Senator Carl Levin of Michigan. While she was never involved in human rights issues, Gustitus became so outraged when she learned the United...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
At the top 200 companies in the S&P 500, women make up only 16 percent of the members of boards of directors, while African Americans account for only ten percent. Susan Stautberg, a former broadcast journalist, founded PartnerCom, which creates and manages...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
As a founding board member of National Public Radio and creator of All Things Considered, NPR’s first news program, Bill Siemering understood that local radio stations could change lives and improve society. But his travels in developing countries showed him...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
Using government and industry statistics, Bo Webb estimates that 3.5 million pounds of explosives are detonated every day in his home state of West Virginia in pursuit of coal. Across Appalachia, Webb says, mountaintop removal – a highly efficient yet destructive...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
In 1982, when pediatric immunologist Arthur Ammann documented the first known cases of AIDS transmission from mothers to infants, little was known about the disease. Today, more than two dozen drugs treat those infected by HIV, especially in wealthier countries. In...
