World Jul 17 As stigma against gays in Uganda spikes, so do HIV risks While the United Nations has reported optimistic news about controlling the global epidemic of HIV and AIDS, Uganda’s infection rates are growing. Public health officials say the trend is partially tied to stigma faced by at-risk groups like gay men…
World Jul 17 Photo essay: Sex and drugs in an HIV-infected paradise Malindi, Kenya: A vacation destination with something for everyone. Sitting on the crystal coast of east Africa, the resort town offers glass-bottomed boat cruises, authentic Italian pasta, sex-for-hire and dirt-cheap heroin.
Arts Jul 16 Poll: What are your Emmy predictions? There’s less than six weeks to binge watch all your favorite television shows before the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences decides which ones take home an Emmy statue. The nominations were announced last week and the ceremony is…
Arts Jul 10 Mentally ill shackled and neglected in Africa’s crisis regions Robin Hammond had never considered the long-term mental health effects on the Africans whose stories of war, famine and conflict he had covered for 12 years as a documentary photographer. But on a 2011 reporting trip to Sudan, he witnessed…
Arts Jun 27 Aaron Swartz’s story inspires and infuriates in ‘The Internet’s Own Boy’ For Aaron Swartz, the teen tech prodigy who became a leader in the fight against regulation and privatization of information on the internet, social activism wasn't a choice, but a calling. Filmmaker Brian Knappenberger characterizes Swartz's mission this way: “If…
Arts Jun 26 A five-year journey in ‘The Case Against 8’ "The Case Against 8" captures reaction to the unexpected coalition of Ted Olson, the lead counsel for the Republicans in the 2000 Bush v. Gore Supreme Court decision, and David Boies, his opposing counsel, in the case against California's Proposition…
Poetry Jun 23 Weekly Poem: Nick Lantz reads ‘Fork with Two Tines Pushed Together’ Nick Lantz has written three books of poetry. He won the Bread Loaf Writers Conferences Bakeless Prize for his first collection, "We Don’t Know We Don’t Know," and the Felix Pollack Prize in Poetry for his second collection, "The Lightning…
Poetry Jun 16 Weekly Poem: Charlotte Boulay writes ‘small moments of grace’ Fifteen years ago, Charlotte Boulay visited India. The experience profoundly changed the poet. “It stayed with me, the feeling of being there … I just felt in love with the country. The things I saw there were such beautiful landscape…
Arts Jun 04 In Nairobi slums, girl boxers learn how to fight for themselves Photographer Mia Collis captures the story of Boxgirls, a program that teaches boxing and life skill to young girls growing up in the Kariobangi slum of Nairobi, Kenya.
Poetry Jun 02 Weekly Poem: Mark Ford evokes memory through poetic form Born in Nairobi, Kenya, Ford only lived there until the age of 4, but the move from Kenya to England stuck with him. From his memories of that time in his life, the poet crafted a pantoum, "which recreates that…