By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
The fact that 90 percent of Fargo, North Dakota, residents are white would surprise few people. The city is known for its flat farmland, small-town values and history of Scandinavian immigration. But many would be surprised to learn of the recent wave of immigration...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
When Toni Maloney first visited the Kabul Women’s Garden, a shopping center in Afghanistan’s capital city where only women can work or shop, it had no electricity. Kerosene stoves provided the heat for the 5-by-10-foot retail spaces. The marketing executive watched as...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
After 35 years as a professor of computer science at the University of Washington, Richard Ladner wanted to move from theory to impact. The hearing son of deaf parents, Ladner combined his expertise in computers and technology with an innate understanding of the needs...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
A child of the activist ’60s, Hal Hamilton spent decades in Kentucky as a farmer, rural community activist and nonprofit director. He helped pioneer alternative food and agricultural systems that are kind to the environment and provide a livelihood for small farmers –...
