Ann M. Simmons is a global development writer/editor on the foreign desk of the Los Angeles Times, where she covers global sustainability issues. In her most recent role she served as a video and multimedia journalist. She has worked as a metro reporter and national and foreign correspondent.
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Goal 3 - Good Health
The Quiet Crisis Among African Americans: Pregnancy and Childbirth Are Killing Women at Inexplicable Rates
Goal 3 - Good Health
As Parts of Zambia Beat Back Malaria, the Nation Sets a Lofty Goal: Zero Transmissions
Gender + Equality
Seven Striking Statistics on the Status of Gay Rights and Homophobia Across the Globe
Status of Forests Is ‘Dire’ as World Marks 2017 Earth Day
Groups Like Islamic State Have Taken Sexual Violence To ‘A New Level Of … Depravity’ In Conflict
Aid, Trade and Friendship: Will Brexit Hurt The World’s Most Needy?
Scathing report finds Michigan ‘fundamentally accountable’ for Flint’s water crisis
The world’s poorest pay largest percentage of income for water, study says
Gender + Equality
Gender equality? It doesn’t exist anywhere in the world