Tag: poverty

President-elect Donald Trump recently named Chris Wright, CEO of Liberty Energy and founder of the Bettering Human Lives Foundation, as his choice for head of the Department of Energy. Chris Wright sat down for a discussion on the role of energy production in lifting humans out of poverty with the policy team at our sister […]

Researchers have long thought that there was a correlation between living in urban areas and asthma prevalence. This is part of a belief that outdoor air pollution, which is often worse in inner-city areas, contributes to asthma development. However, a new study questions the link between asthma and city living. It shows that once we […]

A recent editorial in North Korea’s state magazine took aim at this famous photo illustrating the disparity between electricity access in North and South Korea: The editorial argued, “They [North Korea’s detractors] clap their hands and get loud over a satellite picture of our city with not much light, but the essence of society is […]