Chinese Soft Power, Wikileaks, and a Small Amazonian Country
Suriname, with its pristine environment, has become a pawn in a new Great Game as the balance of power in the Americas shifts from the United States toward China. Documents made available by Wikileaks have opened a curtain, partially, onto previously unseen U.S. diplomatic reactions to an expanding Chinese superpower projecting its influence on the Americas in a manner unprecedented since the Cold War era.
'Why Have Children?': How to decide, ethically
How are young people -- or at least, people of a reproductive age -- approaching their reproductive futures. Their concerns focus around the questions: How will my life change? Will I be able to go out with friends? Will I miss spontaneous vacations? Can I still get drunk?
Chicago loves Paul Kahan, but the rest of the world is catching on, too.
Paul Kahan has been one of the top chefs in Chicago for years now. His dining empire covers a lot of ground from refined (Blackbird) to chic (avec) to indulgent (Publican) to opulent (The Violet Hour) to bare basics (Big Star). But Monday he'll have the chance to reach a new level, and win one of the highest honors in the food world.
IRE members donate Pulitzer Prize money for training
Michael Berens and Ken Armstrong both had extraordinary resumes before winning the Pulitzer Prize last week. Each of the reporters for The Seattle Times had produced investigations that won a long list of prizes, including multiple IRE Awards. The work honored by the Pulitzer judges -- "Methadone and the Politics ...
Ann Romney's secret hobby? Horse dancing
Ann Romney, the wife of presumed GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, has received new scrutiny as her husband's presidential campaign heats up.
Korean Media Look Back on LA Riots
A report in the Korean-language Korea Daily in Los Angeles notes that much of mainstream media’s coverage of the anniversary of the 1992 Los Angeles riots has ignored the impact of that event on the Korean community.
Citing local broadcasters’ coverage of the anniversary, the paper points to what it describes as an almost exclusive focus on the African American community, despite the fact that Koreans were some of the hardest hit by the violence and looting that erupted.
Town Park partners with Oaklandish for new line of skateboards, clothing
To commemorate its seventh anniversary, Town Park skate park recently partnered with local clothing line and cultural incubator Oaklandish to debut a line of “Town Park” gear: three new skateboard decks, T-shirts and hoodies.
Afghanistan: On Love and Suicide
“My love will gather us both together on the day of resurrection. Brutes have placed stones between us in this world.”
--Rahila Moska, a young Afghan woman poet from Helmand
La Opinión Looks Back at Rodney King Riots
LOS ANGELES -- Twenty years after the Rodney King riots, Los Angeles Spanish-language newspaper La Opinión takes a look back at its front-page coverage of the riots and what has -- and hasn't -- changed in the city since then.
"Los Angeles is still trying to shake off the stigma of a violent city, rife with gang members, with police that harass minorities and a population that, suffering from the same social inequalities that they did then, are living in an uneasy calm," La Opinión reports.
Fatal work injuries rose in 2010, new data show
The Department of Labor reported today that 4,690 U.S. workers suffered fatal injuries in 2010, a 3 percent increase from 2009.
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