PHOTOS: Life Inside Myanmar
Award-winning photographer Geoffrey Hiller first visited Myanmar in 1987; and he was ‘haunted’ by what he saw in the country: “After a frenetic trip, it wasn’t so much the monks and pagodas that haunted me, but th...
Water, Water Everywhere
Last May, when Ethiopia began diverting the course of the Blue Nile as part of a project aimed at building the biggest hydroelectric dam in Africa, Egypt’s reaction was fierce. Following the June 1st report of the trilateral...
WATCH: What is the “Zambulance”?
How do you get an ambulance to someone in need on dirt roads in the middle of Africa? Well, a Zambulance. Most people never consider the incredible logistics behind the ambulance system in the industrialized world, or just take...
Virginity Tests: Proposals Made to Test School Girls
Muhammad Rasyid the Education Chief in Indonesia has made proposals of virginity tests for senior high school girls aged 15 to 16 year old. The results of which will ultimately decide on their progression onto the next grade. ...
The death of meaning in American rhetoric
The actual role of the Bill of Rights relative to American political activity is often a misconceived concept in contemporary thought. One might find an observer commenting, “The government gives me the right of free speech...
Deadly Storms, Delayed Aid Devestate Mexico’s La Montaña Indigenous
Two major storms, Tropical Storm Manuel and Hurricane Ingrid, hit Mexico last month, leaving behind157 deaths according to the latest official reports. One of the hardest hit areas is La Montaña, a region in the southern sta...
