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Gossip and Tech Buzz: American Politics & Spending More Time Offline

By Kathy Drasky on January 7, 2012 in North America, Photos, USA

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The online conversation diverged down two distinct paths: over-connection (with the Republican Party Iowa caucus) and dis-connection, with a 2012 trend out of the gate for more time offline. Let's take the first, more distasteful path (why...

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Tanzania: Development or Detriment?

By Danielle Nierenberg on December 29, 2011 in Africa, Burundi, Congo, East Africa, Photos, Rwanda, Tanzania

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Rukwa is a beautiful region in western Tanzania that has seen many people come and go. Over the years it has housed refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi. But for...

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Gender Equality & Economic Development Provides A Rubric For Policymakers

By Danielle Nierenberg on December 13, 2011 in Africa, Photos, South Africa, Southern Africa

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According to a new World Bank report linking gender equality and economic development, the axiom “a rising tide lifts all boats” holds some truth. Several decades of rising global income have contributed to an “unprecedented...

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In Search Of Snow In Chile’s Beautiful Country

By Brian Horstman on November 30, 2011 in Chile, Photos, Santiago, South America

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This year was the first time I had experienced a real winter since 2007.  I gave winter a miss during my years in Ecuador, which has what is colloquially referred to as a winter, describing...

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Hot Web Rubdown by Moroccan Man on a Marble Floor

By Craig Ouellette on November 22, 2011 in Africa, Morocco, North Africa, Photos

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So I'm laying face down, ass up (but skivvies on), on a marble floor. The room is hot, steamy, and there are three or four other men in skivvies getting hot rubdowns by other...

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Republicans: War Is Not the Answer

By Michelle Kraus on November 18, 2011 in Featured, North America, Photos, USA

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After all we spent on the war in Iraq, in money and lost lives, haven't the Republicans figured out - that war is not the answer? They simply cannot jumpstart the economy on the...

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London’s Top Five Unconventional Sculptures Around Its City

By Julie McNamee on October 26, 2011 in England, Europe, London, Photos

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  "Icon" by Will Ryman This one was taken very recently. It was part of the Frieze Art Fair Sculpture Park and witnessed on a beautifully sunny, mild autumnal day. It’s called “Icon” and was created by...

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APEC Summit on Women & the Economy

By Glennia Campbell on October 1, 2011 in California, Events, North America, Photos, San Francisco/Bay Area, USA

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Romi Haan was a housewife in South Korea with a problem: how to keep the floors clean without spending hours a day doing it.  Because of the ondol tradition of heating homes through the floor,...

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