In his latest album, composer and percussionist SUNNY JAIN draws artistic inspiration from ghazals for his musical exploration of the taboos of homosexuality, domestic violence and religious strife in the South Asian...
The Chinese government’s current efforts to tighten control over nongovernmental organizations is threatening to roll back hard-earned advances made by civil society groups over the past decade. On March 25, China’s...
Obama has deployed almost 100,000 troops to Afghanistan. The Taliban is again on the rise. Civilian and military deaths are doubling and tripling. So called Afghanistan “experts” are on the news 24/7. But do we know...
Beginning in early 2010, American troops will begin arriving in Afghanistan as part of President Obama's escalation of military forces in the region. But as experts discuss the military strategies and political...
For more than five years, New York’s domestic workers—nannies, housekeepers, and elderly caregivers--have been organizing, rallying, and lobbying to pass a Domestic Worker Bill of Rights. Now, that bill--the first of...
Award-winning Bangladeshi author and human rights activist Taslima Nasrin was exiled from Bangladesh in 1993 as a result of her writings on women's emancipation and secularism. She is the author of thirty-two books...
In January of 2008, in Patan, a town in the state of Gujarat in northern India, a female high school student fainted at school. She was taken to a hospital, where it was discovered that she had been gang raped by six...
On February 12, 2009, Assiya Zubair was found murdered at the Bridges TV's studio, the Buffalo-based station founded by her husband to bridge understanding among diverse cultures and populations. Her husband...
Since July 2005, workers at the Kiryung Electronics factory in Seoul, South Korea have endured lockouts, surveillance, physical beatings, and a culture of violence in their struggle to organize a union. The...
This past weekend concluded the first National Domestic Workers Congress held in New York. The event brought together workers rights groups from around the country and ended with a march on Saturday in Chinatown. The...
