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  • Shedding Light on Immigration

    Commentary

    By Peter Certo, December 27, 2011

    huong

    A Vietnamese-American artist who arrived in the United States with one son and one shoe seeks to capture the debate on immigration in a huge mural.

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  • In the Garden by the Lake

    Commentary

    By Kyi May Kaung, December 22, 2011

    clinton

    A poem about Hillary Clinton's visit to see Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma.

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  • Architects of Change

    World Beat

    By John Feffer, December 20, 2011

    Want to build a new society for peace, justice, and sustainability? Ask an architect.

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  • Repurposing Military Bases

    Commentary

    By Chris Bystedt, December 15, 2011

    bunkers

    Can a group of architects turn destruction sites into construction sites?

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  • A Hakka Man Farms Rare Earth in South China

    Commentary

    By Wang Ping, October 27, 2011

    Wang Ping

    What lies beneath the rare earth metals that the world so covets?

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  • Cuba's Culture of Dissent

    Commentary

    By Joy Gordon, October 21, 2011

    Monte Rouge

    Caricatures of Cuba as intolerant of political expression may contain a kernel of truth, but they miss the richness of dissent in the daily life of Cuba's political culture.

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  • Poets Stand Up

    Commentary

    By Sarah Browning, October 12, 2011

    poets for change

    On the Walk of Shame, poets visit the embassies of Burma, Yemen, and Turkmenistan to read aloud the poems that can't be read inside those countries.

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