Sawubona. Ngikhona. This is a South African greeting from the Zulu tribe, which roughly translated means “I see you” (Sawubona), I am here (Ngikhona). A deeper meaning to this greeting however,...
To go from “Je suis Charlie” to suing Charlie doesn’t really take much. The Italian town of Amatrice knows it well. After an earthquake that claimed 295 victims, the famously controversial...
I saw a dog get run over in Cambodia. In the back of a tuk tuk (think “motorcycle rickshaw”), my husband worried aloud that he could see a little black puppy trying to cross the busy street up...
With the US election less than two months away, the amount of drama on display is multiplying exponentially. We thought this would be a good time to check in with the latest and greatest. 'Poll:...
Life at school can be tough. Add being LGBTQ into the mix, and there is the recipe for trauma, bullying and exclusion. I didn't experience homophobic bullying at school because I was so far in the...
Australian elder statesmen of rock Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds have a back catalogue that spans over 30 years and a vast array of subject matter—including faith, life and death, romance, and...
In a year where the election is not particularly close, the media has leapt at any chance to make Secretary Clinton’s victory seem less assured and amplify the perception of a horserace. This...
Based on Eric Schlosser’s book of the same name, Command and Control marks the second time Peabody and Emmy-winning director Robert Kenner has worked with the NY Times bestselling author – the...
We hope you're looking for some interesting longreads this week, because we have a few recommendations in mind. And as always, we're interested in what you're reading, too. Drop a line in the...
The erasure of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s radical legacy is a transgression of historic proportions. Just a few months before King delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech, he wrote the...
