Jul 30 Changing the Culture of Sexual Assault Against Female Service Members Female Marine recruits stand in formation following hand-to-hand combat training during boot camp at MCRD Parris Island, South Carolina. Even as combat roles begin to open up for female marines, many of them feel marginalized and discriminated against by… Continue reading
Jul 29 On the Road, Photographers Revisit the American Landscape By Tom LeGro “Autolandscape, Utah,” photo by Elaine Mayes, courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. View a slide show with more photographs from the exhibit, “Landscapes in Passing.” Elaine Mayes drove from San Francisco to Massachusetts in 1971 to document the… Continue reading
Jul 29 Passing Impressions of the American Road By Ellen Rolfes While the 19th century vision of America was as untrammeled wilderness -- overwhelming, majestic and sublime -- a new exhibit at the Smithsonian American Art Museum shows a grittier 20th century America, altered by its inhabitants. "Landscapes in Passing" features… Continue reading
Jul 26 Happy Birthday ADA In a scene described as having "the fervor of a civil rights rally of the 1960s" supporters of the Americans with Disabilities Act climb the steps of the Capitol without their walkers, crutches and wheelchairs on Mar 12, 1990. Photo… Continue reading
Jul 23 Literacy Bridge Uses Talking Books to Spread the Word in Ghana By Cat Wise Students in Ghana listen to a Talking Book. All photos courtesy of Literacy Bridge. On a warm spring evening in 2006, software consultant Cliff Schmidt decided to take a walk near the hotel where he was staying for a… Continue reading
Jul 22 Obama Speaks on Race With Different Politics From 2008 President Obama speaks about Trayvon Martin and race in the United States on Friday in this televised image. As he spoke Friday, President Barack Obama laid out in personal terms his views of race relations in American society, the… Continue reading
Jul 17 Chinese Factories Build Troubled Relationships By Victoria Fleischer Lizhi Jiang was born in Yongzhou, Hunan Province in 1987. His wife, Qifeng Jiang, was born in Yongzhou, Hunan Province in 1987 and works in as a factory accountant. Their son is two years old, and they plan to bring… Continue reading
Jul 17 Chinese Couples' Love on the Line By Justin Scuiletti China's young migrant workers are the driving force behind the country's rapid urbanization, but they struggle to build families while working demanding factory jobs. Photographer Jia Daitengfei has documented these struggles with a series of portraits, taken on the very… Continue reading
Jul 15 Weekly Poem: 'Using a Hula Hoop Can Get You Abducted By Aliens' By Molly Finnegan, Victoria Fleischer Matthea Harvey is the author of "Modern Life," a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and a New York Times Notable Book. She teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and is a contributing editor to jubilat, Meatpaper and BOMB. Continue reading
Jul 14 Updated: Zimmerman Verdict Sparks Protests in Cities Across the Nation Protesters march across Washington, D.C. on U Street. Photo by Allie Morris/PBS NewsHour Updated 11:41 p.m., Saturday Protesters staged rallies and marches in cities across the country on Sunday mobilized by a not gulty verdict reached by a jury… Continue reading