There are ten times as many sex slaves transported around the globe today as agrarian slaves were transported in the 1790s.

Once you've created a connection of empathy, rational arguments can play a supportive role.

...Environmental groups are too often alarmists. They have an awful track record, so they've lost credibility with the public.

One of the great failings of the American education system (in our view) is that young people can graduate from university without any understanding of poverty at home or abroad.

One thing the humanitarian world doesn't do well is marketing. As a journalist, I get pitched every day by companies that have new products. Meanwhile, you have issues like clean water, literacy for girls, female empowerment. People flinch at the idea of marketing these because marketing sounds like something only companies do.

I try to be careful about wording. One of the things I've tried to combat in my blog is the notion that journalists are arrogant and unconcerned with the readership.

A few countries like Sri Lanka and Honduras have led the way in slashing maternal mortality.