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Mokai’s Latest Distraction: Fingerpicking Blues Artist Releases New CD

By Deborah Crooks on November 4, 2011 in California, North America, Photos, San Francisco/Bay Area, USA

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Equal parts activist and artist, Mokai has been serving audiences of all kind with some of the finest folk blues and fingerpicking guitar work to be found on the West Coast. Those audiences will be...

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David Wax Museum Blends Classical, Old Time, and Irish & Mexican Folk

By Renee Blodgett on November 4, 2011 in Featured, Maine, Mexico, New England, North America, Photos, USA, Videos

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David Wax's circuitous journey from mid-Missouri to the back roads of Mexico has been the inspiration behind David Wax Museum, a magical duo that blends traditional Mexican and American folk music. Part 2 of this...

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3 Travel Adventures You Don’t Want to Miss in Malaysia

By Shivya Nath on November 2, 2011 in Asia, Featured, Malaysia, Photos, Southeast Asia

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For the almost half a dozen years that I lived in Southeast Asia, Malaysia was one of those next door neighbors that provided respite with its pristine blue waters, forest-covered expanses and inviting mountain peaks,...

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St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Displays Large Cross At The Top

By Christian Carollo on November 1, 2011 in North America, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Photos, USA

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The cross on top of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church on Locust Street....

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Ireland’s President Mary McAleese Shares Stories Including Her Grandfather’s Approach to Technology

By Renee Blodgett on November 1, 2011 in Dublin, Europe, Events, Featured, Ireland, Photos, Videos

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Dublin's President Mary McAleese -- until a few days ago -- (the most recent elections voted Michael D. Higgins in as the new president of Ireland), greeted a couple hundred of us at her residence...

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Old Traffic Island Meets New Traffic Island in Taiwan

By MJ Klein on October 30, 2011 in Asia, Photos, Taiwan

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  Recently more work went on behind our house and on the main roads in the area.  This time, the traffic island was jack-hammered to pieces, removed and replaced.  I have no idea what was wrong...

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Two Clear Strategies for a Sustainable Future Growing Population of 7 Billion People

By Danielle Nierenberg on October 30, 2011 in Africa, Photos, South Africa, Southern Africa

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As the global population surpasses 7 billion people sometime around the end of October, addressing the challenges associated with a still-growing world population will require a two-pronged response. The combined measures of empowering women to...

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Occupiers Anonymous Stand Ground in Front of Philadelphia’s City Hall

By Christian Carollo on October 29, 2011 in Events, North America, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Photos, USA

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An Occupy Philly participant gets interviewed at City Hall....

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