Category: Culture
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The Core of Civic Engagement? Storytelling and Staying Human: an Interview with Daniele Biella
An interview with Daniele Biella, author of The Island of the Righteous.
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The Strange and Curious Case of “Politicianitis”
Gary Corseri returns with a tale about gasbags, religious sport, and the alternate reality we call America.
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Puerto Rico: Trapped Between Colonialism and Hurricanes
Puerto Rico is more than a tropical paradise. It’s also a colonialist nightmare. Ana Portnoy writes.
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Skin Lightening: The Dangerous Obsession That’s Worth Billions
Millions of people across the world want to make their skin lighter – but the treatments they use can be dangerous. Mary-Rose Abraham meets beauticians, dermatologists and their clients to walk the line between aesthetic choice and racial prejudice.
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Profit Maximization is Easy: Invest in Violence
Stimulating the economy? Choose the one fail-safe technique: invest in violence. Robert Burrowes writes.
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Can Mosques and Minarets be Tools For Democracy?
Serdar M. Değirmencioğlu continues his cultural survey of contemporary Turkish politics with some thoughts on the New Islam.
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The Governor is Busy
No matter how large or crowded Istanbul becomes, the centralized government structure does not change. There is always a single governor… Serdar M. Değirmencioğlu investigates the broken links in Turkish democracy in this three-part series. Part one of three.
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Reinventing the Toilet
Traditional flush toilets aren’t an option in many parts of the world, but neither is leaving people with unsafe and unhygenic choices. Now, one company is piloting a new loo that’s waterless, off-grid and able to charge your phone. Lina Zeldovich travels to Madagascar to…
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Half of the World’s Languages are Dying Fast
How can digital tools be used to help native language speakers access and contribute knowledge? Subhashish Panigrahi shows how endangered languages can be documented and preserved using open standards and tools.
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What Hospitals Waste
The nation’s health care tab is sky-high. Marshall Allen began tracking down the reasons. First stop: A look at all the perfectly good stuff hospitals throw away.
