Stories by Daniel Howden

Saudi Women: "If you are dependent on another person, you've got nothing."

In Saudi Arabia, women literally belong to men. A new report describes the demoralizing reality of this gender apartheid system.
Posted on Apr 21, 2008

The World's Dump: Ocean Garbage From Hawaii to Japan

A "plastic soup" of floating waste in the Pacific Ocean now covers an area twice the size of the continental U.S.
Posted on Feb 6, 2008

World Bank Pledges to Save Trees, Then Helps Cut Down Amazon

A month ago it vowed to fight deforestation. Now research reveals it funds the rainforest's biggest threat.
Posted on Jan 17, 2008

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