Democracy in Culture

Big Brothers Big Sisters is community based opportunity to help address poverty

The Daily Show's Jon Stewart takes aim at Obama and Congress for failure in supporting veterans who face government backlog of healthcare claims

Entrepreneur Elon Musk has left political organization of Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg

Grameen America, offshoot of Bangladeshi microfinance outfit, celebrating major milestone in foray into American market for small loans

Local election in Philippines breaks tie between candidates using good old-fashioned flip of a coin, proving that close elections don't need to be unsolvable!

South American democracy giant Brazil is socially liberal and highly diverse which is confirmed by recent national legalization of gay marriage

Bill Gates Millennium Scholarship offers 500 low-income but high performing students access to best private schools money can buy

India women organizing into "Red Brigades" to fight against rampant sexual violence in the midst of surge in assaults on women

How one charity, Rotary International, takes part in the team working to end the polio virus for good in the poorest regions of India

Martin Luther King Jr's wife Coretta Scott King Rose receives posthumous honor rose bush at Birmingham Alabama botanical gardens

Cast your vote for Beer City USA in national contest for unusual title that brings city a good excuse for celebrations and public drunkeness

Monarchs and royal families have hung onto last vestiges of power and prestige with differing character and impact across modern Europe

How not to run organization elections: Vote buying and outright cheating during elections mark dark episode for Asia Football body

Saudi Arabia's bizarre oil fueled dictatorship has draconian cultural laws that have deemed several men just too handsome for the country

Inventor and Billionaire Bill Gates has made it a personal quest to spend his vast fortune eliminating major diseases of the third world like polio - a target for eradication