BY CHARLOTTE ALTER/CLARKSDALE, MISS., AUGUST 14, 2023
Ashley just had a baby. She’s sitting on the couch in a relative’s apartment… Continue reading
“Medical centers in spotlight as another US doctor accused of sexual abuse”, The Guardian
Victoria Bekiempis in New York, 12 Aug 2023
Case of Zhi Alan Cheng, accused of sexual abuse and rape, one of… Continue reading
Issue of the Week: Disease, Human Rights, Personal Growth
Frontline on PBS is always important and illuminating. Never more so than in… Continue reading
“Why the Biden administration wants to limit U.S. investments in Chinese tech”, PBS NewsHour
By Laura Barrón-López and Dan Sagalyn, Aug 9, 2023
The Biden administration released a long-awaited executive order aimed at curbing… Continue reading
“A presidential candidate in Ecuador has been shot and killed at a campaign event”, NPR
By Updated August 9, 20239:55 PM ET, By The Associated Press
Police guard the hospital where several of… Continue reading
Issue of the Week : Environment
The main story on the front… Continue reading
“What exactly are we doing championing our most vivid cultural symbol of thin, straight, whitewomanhood?” MSNBC
By Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, historian and author of “Fit Nation: The Gains and Pains of America’s Exercise Obsession”
Barbie’s evolution… Continue reading
Issue of the Week: Personal Growth
The Age of Instagram Face, The New Yorker, illustration by Sol Cotti
Critiques of the youth culture that emerged… Continue reading
“My Brave, Brilliant Friend Was Kidnapped in Iraq. Will the World Stand Up for Her?”, The New York Times
By Rachel Sharansky Danziger, July 16, 2023
Ms. Sharansky Danziger is a Jerusalem-based writer and educator.
It’s a beautiful summer day… Continue reading
“Danish vlogger: ‘My guilt over being traded in Iranian prisoner swap'”, BBC News
By Jiyar Gol, BBC Persian, July 13, 2023
A Danish travel vlogger was one of four Europeans released by Iran… Continue reading