AMERICAS

The other America
POLITICS
A Tale Of Two Americas: GOP Gushes While A Growing Majority Writes The Truer Chapter
By Lorraine Devon Wilke, Contributor
Sass & Sensibility
Actually there are more than two Americas. There are many. Ask any person of color; ask immigrants of select ethnicities
Ali Raza, 21, a scrap worker breaks a computer apart in order to retrieve metal to be used for soldering wires at a makeshift workshop in Karachi April 20, 2011. REUTERS/Athar Hussain (PAKISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS)
Athar Hussain / Reuters
IMPACT
The World Generated 4,500 Eiffel Towers' Worth Of Electronic Waste Last Year
By Laura Paddison
And we don't know where most of it went.
QUEER VOICES
Why Militarization Against Melanin Should Matter To Trans People
By Transfaith, Contributor
Transfaith affirms, empowers, and engages transgender and gend...
A wooden flute plays strong and slow in a room provided by San Francisco Housing Authority. Huaraches and orange juice nourish
Macro of corriander leaves.
Marbury via Getty Images
TASTE
The Difference Between Cilantro And Coriander, Explained
By Julie R. Thomson
One plant, so much confusion.
Lucy Nicholson/Reuters
IMPACT
Study: US Cities Have Worse Inequality Than Mexico, With Rich And Poor Living Side-By-Side
By The Conversation Global, Contributor
The Conversation is a collaboration between editors and academ...
Why is local income inequality rising? How can we quantify it?
Verónica Zaragovia
LATINO VOICES
What's It Like To Be Jewish And Latino?
By Latino USA, Contributor
A Peabody Award winner and weekly public radio show on NPR, an...
Jews and Latinos are often discussed as different categories, but of course there are many Jewish communities across Latin
THE WORLDPOST
Global Assault On Our Basic Freedoms Signposts A Dangerous Return To The Past
By Danny Sriskandarajah, Contributor
Secretary General, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Partici...
Ask yourself these four questions. Can I criticize my head of state on Twitter? Can I join a human rights group to campaign
Youtube
THE WORLDPOST
Maybe Trump And Obama Don't Appeal To Two Totally Different Americas. Maybe.
By David Hinckley , Contributor
Entertainment and pop culture writer
Lest anyone doubt that the “American character” includes acute schizophrenia, we get a rare opportunity this week to hear
An orangutan looks on at the Singapore Zoo June 4, 2009. The Singapore Zoo has been responsible for the successful births of 33 orangutans, an endangered species, since its opening in 1973. Orangutans, a great ape species native to Malaysia and Indonesia, are highly endangered due to destruction of their rainforest habitats and poaching. REUTERS/Staff (SINGAPORE ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS)
Staff Photographer / Reuters
GREEN
More Than Half Of All Primates Are Nearing Extinction, New Study Says
By Michael McLaughlin
"Unsustainable human activities" are behind most of the pressures on the primate species.
MIAMI, FL - JUNE 02: India Ampah holds her son, Keon Lockhart, 12 months old, as pediatrician Amanda Porro M.D. administers a measles vaccination during a visit to the Miami Children's Hospital on June 02, 2014 in Miami, Florida. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week announced that in the United States they are seeing the most measles cases in 20 years as they warned clinicians, parents and others to watch for and get vaccinated against the potentially deadly virus. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Joe Raedle via Getty Images
HEALTHY LIVING
As Of Today, The Americas Are Finally Measles-Free
By Sebastien Malo, Reuters
But this doesn't mean we should stop vaccinating against measles.
IMPACT
Congress' Big Gamble On the Health of America's Children by Defunding Ebola to Fund Zika
By Thomas Kenyon M.D., M.P.H., Contributor
CEO, Project HOPE
The President and the Congress did the right thing in authorizing an emergency supplemental request for $5.4 billion to combat
WORLDPOST
A Rising Drug Cartel Just Shot Down One Of Mexico's Military Helicopters
By Nick Robins-Early
WORLDPOST
Come to the Virtual "Atlantis"!
By Susan Sacirbey, Contributor
Writer
Like the the Atlantis of lore, the digital-diplomat is not tethered to any hemisphere but rather links to the superiority of knowledge and empathy over geography and ideology.
WORLDPOST
Looking Into the Shadows for Mexico's Disappeared
By Salil Shetty, Contributor
Amnesty International's Secretary General
The numbers of the disappeared in Mexico are staggering. A government report leaked just before President Enrique Peña Nieto took office estimated that at least 25,000 have been abducted or have gone missing between 2006 and 2012.
QUEER VOICES
The Top 2013 LGBT Stories from the Americas
By Javier Corrales and Cameron Combs, Contributors
This is our pick for the top LGBT stories -- both positive and negative -- from the Americas in 2013. Separating the two lists should not give the impression that nothing good ever comes out of adversity.
BLACK VOICES
Immeasurable Inspiration: On Robert Pruitt's Women
By Gina Athena Ulysse, Contributor
Professor of Anthropology, Wesleyan University
Robert Pruitt's Women, currently on exhibition at the Studio Museum of Harlem, is a series of 20 portraits of contemporary black women embodying such graceful restraint that they become curative in the present moment.
MEDIA
Innovations in Newspapers: Seashell Newsrooms, Floating Incubators
By Magda Abu-Fadil, Contributor
Director of Media Unlimited
Images coupled with audio clips of interviews add depth to many of the Globe's stories. But images can also be misleading
WORLDPOST
What Great Powers Do
By Frank Jannuzi, Contributor
Deputy Executive Director, Amnesty International USA
As President Barack Obama and President Xi Jinping of China begin discussions designed to forge closer personal bonds between the two nations, they should not shy away from uncomfortable topics. The centerpiece for this summit ought to be crafting a shared vision on human rights.
BUSINESS
Global Company Car Benefits -- An Essential Component of Key Talent Reward Programs
By VisualNews.com, Contributor
A place where you can find daily visual inspiration from aroun...
After analyzing data from 89 markets worldwide, a new report by Mercer lists company car benefits as a key component in key talent retention programs, with brands such as Volkswagen, Ford, Toyota and Honda topping the list of cars offered to the most valued employees.
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