Society

Hip-hop gives a ground-level view of what it might mean to live under what are nearly warlike conditions in communities that face a myriad of daunting circumstances.

Hip-hop scholar and cultural critic; author of "Black Noise

A good deal of hip hop speaks and has always spoken openly and in depth about aspects of black urban poverty, particularly the grip that street culture has on many young people.

Hip-hop scholar and cultural critic; author of "Black Noise

Somewhere between a quarter and a third of the entire planetary 'net primary productivity' is today devoted to sustaining this one species- us.

Environmental Author & Climate Scientist Advocate for Nuclear Energy

Humans are now more numerous than any large land animal ever to walk the Earth, and the combined weight of our fleshy biomass outstrips that of most other larger animals put together, with the single exception of our own livestock.

Environmental Author & Climate Scientist Advocate for Nuclear Energy

I feel it is the duty for every human and company to do something to either make their community, their city, their state, their country or the world a better place to live.

Co-Founder of Paul Mitchell Systems & The Patrón Spirits Company

I'm fortunate that I can make a change that in a very positive way affects a better way of life for many humans as well as all living creatures and our planet.

Co-Founder of Paul Mitchell Systems & The Patrón Spirits Company

Always remember in life there will always be someone that will be in more in need. We could only afford a dime that year, but we gave to help out others!

Co-Founder of Paul Mitchell Systems & The Patrón Spirits Company

Love it or hate it, we live in a furiously competitive world- and being just another face in the crowd simply won't help you get ahead.

One of the most important pieces of advice I could give you is to keep the conversation casual, inquisitive and authentic. Casual means keep it light, don't try and get too deep or specific! Inquisitive means don't keep talking about you! Ask people about themselves, their lives, their career, get to know them! Authentic means be real, don't try and force a networking persona on yourself, just be relaxed and be your natural self.

Morality represents the way we would like the world to work, and economics represents how it actually does work.

Economist known for applying economic analysis to unconventional topics via Freakonomics

What we give to alleviate the need, suffering and sorrow of others, whether we know them or not, is charity. What we give to prevent and correct social and environmental problems and improve life and living conditions of people and creatures we don't know and who have no claim on us is philanthropy.

In a society where everything is for sale, life is harder for those of modest means. The more money can buy, the more affluence (or the lack of it) matters.

Harvard philosopher known for justice and moral philosophy courses

I made a principled decision that none of my wealth will be passed on as inheritance, that my capital will work for philanthropic causes. In other words, philanthropy is the reason I make money.

Russian Oligarch & Owner of Norilsk Nickel Mining Company

We are talking about three million people who, in effect, are the property of another person and in many cases could be killed, by their owner, with immunity.

More girls have been killed in the past fifty years, precisely because they were girls, than men were killed in all the battles of the twentieth century. More girls are killed in this routine 'gendercide' in any one decade, than people were slaughtered in all the genocides of the twentieth century.

Women perform two-thirds of all labour and produce more than half of the world's food. Yet, women own only about one percent of the world's assets, and represent 70 percent of those living in absolute poverty.