Globalization wields powerful influence over societies and cultures. Business travelers and tourists both observe and distribute new ideas. New ideas, interactions, foods and products are tried, then embraced or discarded. With the internet or satellite television, films, publications, photographs, news reports and cartoons can travel instantly, entertaining or angering audiences around the globe. With social media like Facebook or Twitter, individuals offer news and own instant pronouncements on trends. Whether slowly through immigration or immediately online, these connections bring about some convergence of norms on fashion to human rights while also provoking challenges from traditionalists. A global society has emerged, and it’s tightly linked.

Political Will Needed to Eliminate Racial Discrimination

How can Indonesia come to grips with histories of colonialism and inequality that have shaped its entire society?
Zakki Hakim
February 4, 2003

New Survey Documents Global Repression

"U.S. Human Rights Leadership Faulted."
January 14, 2003

RI's 'Madrasah' Producing Techno-illiterates

In the wake of September 11, Muslim-founded religious schools have often been equated with beehives of global terrorism, but all ‘madrasas’ are not created equal: some teach math and science, while others create “techno-illiterates.”
Mochtar Buchori
July 3, 2002

Dating of Australian Remains Backs Theory of Early Migration of Humans

New dating of an archaeological site may confirm the "out of Africa" theory of human migration
Nicholas Wade
February 19, 2003

Draw Foreigners to Private Singapore Schools - and Be Paid for It

Singapore private schools are stepping up efforts to attract foreign students.
Sandra Davie
February 20, 2003