The Kenyan Maasai Who Once Hunted Lions Are Now Their Saviors
A decade ago, scientists worried the lion could go extinct in Kenya by 2020. But today the area’s lion population is thriving thanks to an extraordinary group. Maasai warrior Kamunu…
Is This the Beginning of the End of American Racism?
Donald Trump has revealed the depths of the country’s prejudice—and has inadvertently forced a reckoning. I. Marine One waited for the president of the United States on the South Lawn…
Why congressman James Clyburn was the most important politician of 2020
Vote of confidence for Joe Biden during the Democratic primary set the stage for a comeback worthy of Lazarus Juan Williams, an author and analyst, calls James Clyburn the politician…
The isolation of the pandemic caused her to form a new and intense relationship to nature. She was hardly alone.
It’s April and gorgeous out, but I am too depressed to get out of bed. I feel like I’m stuck in some viscous fluid and the only sensible thing to…
Video Shows Woman Falsely Accuse Black Teen Of Stealing Her Phone
Prominent jazz musician Keyon Harrold says a woman physically assaulted him and his 14-year-old son inside a Manhattan hotel over the weekend after the woman falsely and baselessly accused the…
Opinion | Once Jews, Now Uighurs: Why Would Volkswagen Want to Be Complicit in Another Genocide?
When it comes to reputational damage, your company has more at stake than most. Why risk replaying your WWII infamy of using slave labor and workers detained in concentration camps,…
Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan jailed for ‘provoking trouble’ with Wuhan reporting
Zhang's lawer told NBC News on Monday his client was “on long-term hunger strike” and being force-fed. BEIJING — A Chinese court sentenced a citizen journalist who reported from Wuhan, the…
Broken Branches (2014)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ssq1PyA2n0 Broken Branches, 25 Minutes, Color, Hebrew, English subtitles, 2014is a 2014 short Israeli documentary film by Ayala Sharot. Through her granddaughter's eyes, the film tells the story of Michal Rechter, who left her family…
IS SHE THE MANDELA OF THE MAPUCHE, OR A MURDEROUS TERRORIST?
Fire and outrage shattered the small-town tranquility of Vilcún in the early hours of Jan. 4, 2013. In the end, ranch owners Werner Luchsinger and Vivan Mackay, aging mainstays of…
Native American writer Joy Harjo is named U.S. Poet Laureate of the United States
“My role as a poet is as a healer,” says Joy Harjo. “Poetry is a healing force.” The 68-year-old Native American writer first felt that restorative power during a difficult…