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NPR: Venezuelan Refugees Flee, Facing Violence, Closed Borders

August 21, 2018
Venezuela’s politics and economy spiral into chaos and thousands of try to flee for other countries, but face protests, border closures and even attacks including a refugee camp set on fire in northern Brazil. The country of 31 million people borders Colombia, Brazil and Guyana. “The United Nations...

Generation Faithful

October 6, 2008
The city of Dubai is has been in a storm of transformation in recent years, going from oil- and gas-based growth to a real estate, trade and financial hub in the Middle East, meshing a population consisting of 80 percent emigrants from more than 200 ethnicities. Such tremendous growth and diversity...

Overseas and Under Siege

August 18, 2009
Since 2006, Chinese immigrants have suffered a backlash of violence at the hands of locals in the Solomon Islands, Lesotho, and Algeria, among others. The reasons behind the widespread anti-Chinese sentiment range from cultural clashes to accusations of meddling in local politics. But a more...

American Indie Filmmakers: Thinking Globally and Acting Globally, Too

May 1, 2006
National cinema has expanded into international cinema, with directors of all nationalities chafing at audience expectations for a certain style or theme. Directors who are first- or second-generation immigrants in the US push film boundaries to explore new settings and characters, often beyond...

Habitual Blindness

July 20, 2006
The US is a creature of habit and that means repeating old mistakes, according to author Eric Rauchway. Reaping benefits of industrialization and expansion while devoting few resources to the process, thanks to immigration and foreign capital, the US too often mistakes “habit for virtue.” Rauchway...

Not a good recipe for happy times

June 16, 2004
Against the backdrop of the ever-worsening drama of bombings, killings and hostage-taking in Iraq and Saudi Arabia, the price of oil has shot up to a record high. Rami Khouri, Executive Editor of the Daily Star and a veteran commentator of the Middle East, says this may be the first peek at a...

CIA “Torture” Report: The 54 Countries That Will Be Worried By Controversial Revelations

December 10, 2014
The US Senate Intelligence Committee released a 500-page summary to a report that outlines a six-year investigation of enhanced interrogation techniques described as violation of international law. The Bush administration deemed measures proposed by contract psychologists as lawful after the...

Oil Supply I: The Arabs Look to the East

November 18, 2004
The relationship between Saudi Arabia and its allies in the West may never be as warm as it once was in the pre-9/11 era. Luckily for the kingdom, it sits on one-quarter of the world’s reserves of crude oil, and East Asia desperately needs oil to fuel its staggering economic growth. China’s efforts...
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