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A Chat With Brooklyn Food Conference’s Nancy Romer

By Danielle Nierenberg on May 16, 2012 in Africa, Events, New York, New York City, North America, Photos, USA

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Nancy Romer is the General Coordinator at the Brooklyn Food Coalition and a psychology professor at City University of New York’s Brooklyn College. She was instrumental in organizing the first Brooklyn Food Conference in 2009,...

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EVOLVED: Obama & Same-Sex Marriage, Most Retweeted Tweet of All Time?

By Kathy Drasky on May 12, 2012 in Featured, North America, North Carolina, Photos, USA

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It's official. President Barack Obama supports same-sex marriage. He said so, in his own words, on Wednesday afternoon at the White House in an interview with ABC correspondent Robin Roberts. The historic announcement (which by the...

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Note to Self: When in Colombia, Zip Line When the Weather is Nice

By Megan McDonough on May 3, 2012 in Bogota, Colombia, Featured, Photos

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Although I was pre-warned, I clearly underestimated the daily amount of rainfall in Bogota. Forgetting to pack both my raincoat and umbrella certainly didn’t help matters. While rain is not exactly my favorite weather condition, it’s...

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Is Obama Spending Too Much Time Being Cool To Be President?

By Kathy Drasky on May 1, 2012 in Europe, Featured, North America, Photos, USA

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A conservative group called American Crossroads thinks Barack Obama has been too busy being cool. Dubbing him the "Celebrity President", they've released a video documenting the last four years of the President's moves and grooves...

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UN Report Highlights Marine Sector’s Potential for Sustainable Economic Growth

By Danielle Nierenberg on May 1, 2012 in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Photos, USA

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What if we could take better care of the world’s marine ecosystems and boost the global economy in the process? A recent report, Green Economy in a Blue World, released by the United Nations Environment...

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A Tribute to Irish Painter Louis le Brocquy

By Rosa Abbott on April 28, 2012 in British Isles, Dublin, Europe, Ireland, Photos

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Here's a brief but heartfelt obituary I wrote for the Totally Dublin website after hearing of his death this past week. Read the original here. It’s not very often people react with shock when someone at...

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Sport is Theater: Bollywood Night At Warriors vs Mavericks

By Tom Foremski on April 19, 2012 in California, Events, Featured, North America, Photos, San Francisco/Bay Area, USA

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(The spectacular Oracle Arena.) It was a dark and stormy evening but it was also Bollywood Night at the Oracle Arena in Oakland and I had two tickets to see the Golden State Warriors play the...

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Into the Vortex: the Train to London

By Benedict Cooper on April 19, 2012 in England, Europe, Featured, London, Photos

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You can feel the energy around you change as you approach London. It’s something in the atmosphere; the pressure rises and the speed increases as though you were approaching some great vortex. The ...

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