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Byline: Abigail Pesta The battle for 'personhood' heats up. It's an awkward moment at the Cheesecake Factory for Keith Mason. Over dinner in Denver recently, his wife, Jennifer, mentions she'll [...]

Byline: Leymah Gbowee Charles Taylor is going to jail. Rebuilding life in Liberia. Charles Taylor is a villain who terrorized, oppressed, and repressed his people. Instead of being a leader, [...]

Byline: Abigail Pesta One woman's quest to solve 11,000 rapes. Kym Worthy was a first-year law student at the University of Notre Dame when she was raped. A man approached [...]

Byline: Abigail PestaNo TV, no texting--and she goes to bed on time. It's no surprise Esperanza Spalding remains one of the hardest-working young musicians in years.It's one of the coldest [...]

All Hail, Leymah! Newsweek and The Daily Beast congratulate Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee for winning this year's Nobel Peace Prize. Gbowee, a Daily Beast columnist and author of Beast Books' [...]

The article offers a photograph and brief information about the graduation of students from the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy in South Africa in 2012.

The article reports that Leymah Gbowee, an activist in Liberia, has received the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize and includes information about her efforts in 2003 to end the dictatorship of leader Charles Taylor, her work in bringing political stability to Liberia, and her book "Mighty Be Our Powers."

The article discusses the former dictator of Liberia, Charles Taylor. Topics include Taylor's trial in 2012 for his war crimes in Sierra Leone, reconciliation initiatives to assist the poverty-stricken in the war-damaged country, economic conditions for the rural populations in Liberia, and efforts to rebuild the country.

A personal narrative is presented in which Sabatina James discusses how she refused an arranged marriage, death threats which her Pakistani parents made against her, and honor killings.

The author presents a personal narrative of her experience as a U.S. soldier who was famously taken prisoner and rescued at the start of the Iraq War, the subsequent publicity which her case received, and her thoughts on the end of the war.

A personal narrative is presented from model Alek Wek which explores her experience of growing up in Sudan and dealing with poverty, hunger, and violence.

A personal narrative is presented in which the author describes her friendship with U.S. congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.