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When her son Peter was killed on a hijacked plane on 9/11, Sally Goodrich concluded that life as she knew it was over. But then she found a new mission: building schools in, of all places, the harsh, violence-ridden land of Afghanistan. More...

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In the desperately poor African country of Zimbabwe, an all-female team of medical miracle workers is changing (and often saving) lives by providing free reconstructive surgery to children with cleft lips and palates. Difficult? Yes. The best thing they'v More...

Lisa Ling meets Americans who've been affected by the economic crisis. How they're coping with unemployment, homelessness and foreclosure. More...

Meg Ryan visits India and speaks about the dismal status of the world's women. More...

Congolese women who survived rape and torture talk about their lives today, two years after they were featured in 'O, The Oprah Magazine.' More...

New York Times investigative reporter Kurt Eichenwald takes an inside look at the sordid world of online predators. More...

Author Beverly Donofrio's personal tale of rape, survival--and faith. More...

Lisa Ling rides along with Florida police officers during a child pornography bust. What parents need to know. More...

Director of Florida's Child Predator CyberCrime Unit shares a warning for parents about child pornography. How it can affect your children. More...

Putting two at-risk entities together, the environment and inner-city kids, activist Van Jones has come up with a plan to save both. And now that he's got some friends in high places, his ideas are about to take off. More...

In the most unlikely of weight loss groups, 14 women--Israelis and Palestinians--drop pounds, lose inches, and together gain immeasurable humanity. More...

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These non-profit organizations promote equal access to healthy, high-quality food for people in all communities. More...

Milwaukee's Will Allen is on a mission: to raise affordable fresh food for people in the inner city. More...

Rwandan survivor Immaculee Iligabiza opens up about the story of Sudanese journalist Lubna al-Hussein who was arrested for wearing pants in public and imprisoned because she refused to pay the fine. More...

Read an excerpt on the importance of women-owned businesses from Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's Half the Sky. More...