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
Jul 11 Liao Yiwu Howls Against the Chinese Government, Offers Memories of Prison Liao Yiwu was in his early 30s when he was arrested for writing and performing a poem about the brutality of the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989. His poem -- simply called "Massacre" -- was an angry, howling rant against… Continue reading
Jul 11 Liao Yiwu Liao Yiwu was in his early 30s when he was arrested for writing and performing a poem about the brutality of the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989. His poem -- simply called "Massacre" -- was an angry, howling rant against… Continue reading
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Jul 10 Wednesday on the NewsHour: Poet Liao Yiwu By Tom LeGro, Mary Jo Brooks Liao Yiwu was in his early 30s when he was arrested for writing and performing a poem about the brutality of the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989. A new memoir about his time in prison called "For a Song and… Continue reading