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Worldwide Mutinies Against Globalization
NEW DELHI -- "Imperialism has not allowed us to achieve historical normality," the Mexican poet Octavio Paz lamented in "The Labyrinth of Solitude" (1950). Paz was surveying the confused inheritance of...
View ArticleThis Is Why It Was So Insanely Cold Last Month
That incredibly cold, it-hurts-to-be-outside weather that much of the U.S. experienced last month may come back to bite the country again next week. So what's causing these temperature extremes? The...
View ArticleJust How Dangerous Is A Giant Comcast?
It's been more than 100 years since the U.S. Supreme Court determined that one of the biggest companies in the world, Standard Oil, was an illegal monopoly and would have to be broken apart. The size...
View ArticleIKEA Discontinues Beloved Shelf, Prompts Internet Fury
IKEA thought it could discontinue a shelf popular with record collectors without causing much commotion. Now it has to face the music. IKEA plans to stop selling its iconic "EXPEDIT" shelf and replace...
View ArticleSir David Attenborough Narrates Women's Olympic Curling Event, And It Is Pure...
Sir David Attenborough, a legend in nature documentary narration, was recently asked by BBC Radio 1 to narrate a women’s curling event from the Winter Games. Suffice it to say we’re very grateful he...
View ArticleThe Urgency of a Cosmopolitan Ideal as Nationalism Surges
ISTANBUL - Along the southern coast of Black Sea in a city called Sinop, the statue of an old man welcomes visitors from far and wide. Holding up a lantern he squints ahead, as though searching for...
View ArticleYuna Kim Wins Ladies Figure Skating Short Program After Julia Lipnitskaia...
SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Anxiety and energy. Conviction and courage. They all combined Wednesday — along with one stunning fall — to set up an unpredictable race for the Olympic gold medal in women's...
View ArticlePussy Riot Welcomed to the Russian Olympics With a Police Beating
Welcome to the Russian Olympics where beatings are the order of the day. For Pussy Riot, including Nadia Tolokonikova and Masha Alyohkina, who were poised to sing a song satirizing President Vladimir...
View ArticleThe Need for Asian Climate Leadership
For decades, Asian leaders largely ignored climate change. It's a Western problem, we said. They caused the problem by dumping greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere; let them clean it up. Instead, we...
View ArticleJohn Kerry Denounces Yahya Jammeh's 'Unacceptable' Anti-LGBT Comments
Secretary of State John Kerry responded to harsh, anti-gay comments made by Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh in a Wednesday statement. In a Tuesday state television appearance, Jammeh called homosexuals...
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Venezuelans Unite: From Streets to Cyberspace
Over 11,000 miles away from her home country, Venezuela, Haydee Izaguirre was stunned as she watched the movie scene that her country had become on February 12, 2014. From her apartment in Singapore,...
View ArticleEthiopia Pushes River Basin Toward Hydrological Disaster
In a remote part of East Africa, the Ethiopian government is furtively transforming a pastoral landscape populated by indigenous agro-pastoralists into an industrial powerhouse of dams and plantations....
View ArticleKepler Space Telescope's Amazing Discoveries Highlighted In New 'Deep...
How much have we really learned about alien planets? Twenty years ago, we knew nothing about any other worlds outside of our solar system. Now, we've discovered the Milky Way is teeming with planets...
View ArticleGraphic Photographs Of Kiev Protests Show Destruction, Bloodshed
The scene in Ukraine's embattled capital is apocalyptic. For a brief window of time Wednesday, it looked like the standoff between anti-government protesters and President Viktor Yanukovych would cease...
View ArticleUkraine Parliament Votes To Ban Use Of Firearms Against Protesters, Remove...
Al Jazeera America reports Ukraine's Parliament has agreed to remove forces from Kiev and the ban use of firearms against protesters, per a Euromaidan spokesperson. BREAKING: Ukrainian MPs agree to...
View ArticleAP Reporter Witnesses Brutal Protest Killings In Ukraine Capital
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — I heard a strange clanking sound this morning in my hotel room overlooking the Ukrainian capital's main square. I carefully opened the balcony door and looked down. A bullet from a...
View ArticleDalai Lama Demurs On Capitalism, Cites Gap Between The Rich And The Poor
WASHINGTON (RNS) Some of the brightest pro-business minds in the nation prodded the Dalai Lama on Thursday (Feb. 20) to offer a warm endorsement of capitalism. But during an appearance by the spiritual...
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Artist's Sea Level Rise Map Envisions A World Of New Seas And Coastlines
Imagine a scenic cruise through the Amazon Sea, or a week at a seaside resort in Arkansas. Fanciful ideas in the early 21st century, these dramatic changes could become a reality in the very distant...
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Ukraine: Western Sanctions Alone Are Not Enough
Are the United States and the European Union right to impose sanctions on Ukrainian officials as a result of the escalating violence in Kiev? If so, should they be more proactive in solving the...
View ArticleWhite House: No Decision Yet On Ukraine Sanctions
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House expressed renewed outrage Thursday over the continuing deadly violence in Ukraine but reached no decision on whether to impose sanctions. Military action by the U.S....
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