Women Code a Better Future in Latin America

As a young woman growing up in a shantytown in Lima, Peru, the idea of earning more money in a single paycheck than her family saw in months, maybe years, would’ve been laughable. But 17-year-old Mirella Acelo is learning computer coding and is on her way to a well-paid career. Every day, Mirella makes her...

Advancing Poverty, Advancing Girls

Eti, a young girl in Bangladesh, wears a bright red printed dress. She stands next to a wash bucket, and behind her, laundry hangs to dry. Eti should be in school, but instead she is a domestic worker--a child laborer, like so many young girls across the globe. Poverty includes everything from hunger, lack of...

Talking Indie Stardom and Vintage Threads with Michael Maker

“I’m like the lord of Northwest 23rd. I only say that because I don’t want to say mayor. Who wants to be the mayor?” BY DANIELLE KLENAK 1/5/2015 AT 8:00AM In 1991, a Spokane band called the Makers roared onto the indie music scene, dressed in vintage finery and playing cocky garage rock—both in stark contrast to grunge’s...