ORLANDO, Florida — When Chieko Asakawa was young, she wanted to be an Olympian. Now, she’s an IBM Fellow,...
Oct 06, 2017
Why the tech industry needs people with disabilities — and vice versa
ORLANDO, Florida — For the roughly one billion people with disabilities around the globe, new technology can be...
Oct 05, 2017
From northeast India to Harvard, a gender imbalance in tech
ORLANDO, Florida — Melinda Gates handed Mehul Smriti Raje an award for her work supporting other women in...
Oct 05, 2017
On a mission to listen and report in Appalachia
PIKEVILLE, Kentucky — Listen to people who live here in the heart of rural Appalachia and it doesn’t...
Sep 27, 2017
In a time of division, what does it mean to be an American?
Editor’s Note: “Common Ground” is a place for reported columns on issues that are bringing Americans together at...
Sep 25, 2017
Moldova: Caught in a dangerous tug of war
CHISINAU, Moldova — In November 2016, an incredibly divided country voted for its next president. The candidates seemed...
Aug 18, 2017
Bicycles give poor girls autonomy, but a decision in D.C. could change that
One blistering Guatemalan afternoon in February, 86-year-old Candelaria gathered with three generations of women in her family to...
Aug 16, 2017
The Charlottesville attack and America’s state of emergency
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia —The governor had just declared a state of emergency when the silver Dodge Challenger ploughed into...
Aug 13, 2017
Trump’s transgender military ban defies decades of progress on LGBT equality
WASHINGTON—For the vast majority of American history, a powerful consensus held that gay people should not serve in...
Jul 28, 2017
A NASA scientist’s detention reveals Turkey’s paranoia
Last year on the eve of Ramadan, Islam’s holy month, Kubra Golge was tending to her garden in...
Jun 30, 2017