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Thanka Cheeks: The Impact of Burmese Refugees in Thailand’s Land of Smiles

By Kelli Mutchler on August 3, 2012 in Asia, Myanmar, Photos, Southeast Asia, Thailand

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It was not how I expected to spend my last English class: clustered into a darkened bedroom with the students, watching Korean Pop TV on mute, and anxiously hoping Thai officials would not discover the...

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Brown Is Not the New Black

By Kathy Drasky on May 7, 2012 in Europe, Featured, North America, Photos, USA

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Brown has made headlines this week in two unfortunate stories, neither of which will do much for this long-time second cousin to the far more versatile black. As April became May and thoughts of summer,...

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Photos Tell the Story: RIP Dick Clark, America’s Oldest Teenager

By Kathy Drasky on April 22, 2012 in Europe, Featured, North America, Photos, USA

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It's fitting that Americans have taken to the interwebs to laugh, cry, share and snark in a collective show of mass online grief over the death of our oldest teenager, Dick Clark, who passed away...

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Buzz & Gossip: Ashton Kutcher, Steve Jobs, Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin & Condi Rice

By Kathy Drasky on April 8, 2012 in Europe, Featured, North America, Photos, USA

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After some of the tough online conversations we seemed to be having this year, this week was like a breath of fresh spring April air. Exhibit A is this "bad ass" photo of Secretary of State...

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International Women’s Day: Celebrating the Power of Women to Help the Planet

By Danielle Nierenberg on March 8, 2012 in Africa, Dakar, East Africa, Featured, Kenya, Nairobi, Photos, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Southern Africa, Sudan, West Africa, Western Sahara

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Women have proven to be a powerful force in the fight against global hunger and poverty, especially in agriculture. Worldwide roughly 1.6 billion women rely on farming for their livelihoods, and female farmers produce more...

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San Francisco: Old Mandarin Islamic Restaurant

By Marcia Gagliardi on February 17, 2012 in California, North America, Photos, San Francisco/Bay Area, USA

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Every year, my friends and I like to get together for our “Lonely Hearts/Singles Scene” Valentine’s Day dinner. I think we end up having more fun than most couples that night. In fact, I know...

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Chocolate & Charity in India

By Deborah Crooks on January 23, 2012 in Asia, India, Photos

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I live down the street from "The Chocolate Man" aka "The Chocolate Stand" or 'Trupti's," a much-loved and very packed little storefront whose proprietor, wife,  son and daughter-in-law roast coffee, special-order pasta, organic jam and...

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Tunisian Revolution, Kairouan Style, a Place of Cultural & Artistic Innovation

By Renee Blodgett on January 14, 2012 in Africa, Featured, North Africa, Photos, Tunisia

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One year since the start of the Tunisian 'Revolution', the city of Kairouan brought a cultural Revolution. The mural project in Kairouan was mobilized and organized by a group called El Khaldounia, based out of...

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