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Students, make your voices heard! The youth perspectives and experiences are underrepresented in the media, so we must create our own media. All we need is a point of view, a medium, and a story. Young...
View ArticleFace of a Generation
Every product we buy bears the face of its creator, in its unique brand mark or logo. Although Steve Jobs passed away due to pancreatic cancer at age 56, his face lives on with us. The co-founder of...
View ArticleBrazilians in Japan
Henry is a 21-year-old Brazilian from Sao Paulo who moved to Shizuoka, Japan with his parents at the age of 15. Approximately two hours away from Tokyo, Shizuoka is a town that is heavily populated...
View ArticleFighting River Blindness in Africa [VIDEO]
The image shows a black fly with the Onchocerciasis parasite emerging from its antenna. The disease is transmitted by fly bites. According to the World Health Organization, Onchocerciasis, or river...
View ArticleQueensland passes same sex civil union legislation
After four hours of debate the verdict has finally been passed; same sex couples in Queensland are now allowed to have legally recognised civil unions. The Civil Partnerships Bill was passed in state...
View ArticleSpanish Socialists Sunken
November 20th this year marked the worst election result for the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) since the transition to Democracy in Spain, which was marked by Franco’s death on November 20th...
View ArticleThe effects of the drug trade on Mexico
Over the years, a lot of drug gangs that have existed for many decades have started a drug war near the border of Mexico. For a project on The Americas, I came up with the question: “How does the Drug...
View ArticleAn Island's Reflection
In the summer of 2011, the film “You Are the Apple of My Eye” caused an immense sensation on the island of Taiwan. The storyline is based on a real-life romance the author experienced when he was in...
View ArticleNoda’s Appointment Sparks Questions
TOKYO, JAPAN--The election of a new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda in late August has left citizens questioning the stability and priorities of the government. The lack of stability in the nation’s...
View ArticleRotten Bananas: Forgotten Events in Chiquita and United Fruit's History With...
In 1934, under Jorge Ubico Casteñada, a vagrancy law was commissioned in Guatemala forcing 150 eight hour days of farming on all workers as a minimum. It provided seemingly endless labor to enrich...
View ArticleSharing our Humanity-the ZIS Global Issues Network Summit
BY: Christina Ocampo & Annalea Maurer “All we are saying is give peace a chance”- John Lennon. The evening of November 25th and all day November 26th was a busy time for the GIN Club at Zurich...
View ArticleOut of Site, Out of Mind
Just over a year ago, Haiti was hit by a devastating earthquake, and high school student Walden Davis created this film to call attention to the cholera crisis in the country. With its powerful...
View ArticleAccess Denied
In this award-winning film, Sophia Pink reminds us that free Internet access has been systematically denied by governments world wide, through blocking of websites, limited access, and by the...
View ArticleSteve Jobs: “Stay hungry, stay foolish.”
Steve Jobs the founder of Apple, Pixar, and NeXT passed away on October 5, 2011. Abandoned by his biological parents, Jobs lived with foster caretakers who took the responsibility of providing...
View ArticleDollar Breakdown
In 2004 US economists said, “A weak dollar isn’t always bad, and is sometimes done on purpose. It makes our exported goods cheaper, which can create jobs.” Today, in 2011, the same issue exists,...
View ArticleAnna Hazare: Voice of India
“The country did not get actual freedom even after 64 years of independence... The same looting, same corruption, same rowdyism still exist. If Jan Lokpal Bill is not brought in the Monsoon...
View ArticleSmall Island, Big Problem
With a rise in attacks by Somali pirates in the Lamu archipelago off the northern coast of Kenya come serious implications for locals, hotel and home owners and tourists alike. According to Rocky...
View ArticleThe Power of Music
A 17-year-old Burmese rapper shares her story as a victim of bullying and her struggle to conform. However her inner strength takes her forward. Su Let Yee feels that the best moments in her life...
View ArticleHaiti, Two Years Later
Two years ago, on the 12th of January, Haiti was struck by a devastating earthquake. With a magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter scale, it was the largest earthquake that had hit the region in 200 years....
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