Drone photography of The Wall that divides Americans Time Magazine, by Alex Fitzpatrick | Photographs by Tomas van Houtryve May 31, 2018 'On...
On Migration: The Boarder Wall – Flying Over the Line
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Issues and Analysis
On the Media: WhatsApp is a black box for fake news.
"Instead of using broadcast to spread our debunks, we opted for an individual relationship." Source: WhatsApp is a black box for fake news....
Free Day at the MFA includes two films from CSFilm’s New Immigrant and Refugee Visions
Monday, May 28, 2018 | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Museum of Fine Arts Boston | Remis Auditorium First come, first served free tickets available from 1:30...
ON THE MEDIA: Beyond just “literate,” how can you help news consumers be “news fluent”?
Journalists can change the way they build stories to create organic news fluency BY TOM ROSENSTIEL AND JANE ELIZABETH, May 9, 2018, for American...
ON THE MEDIA: “Maybe we — the local or hyperlocal journalists — focus too much on whether the story we’re dealing with is local or hyperlocal”
By Shan Wang, May 7, 2018, for NiemanLab Journalism as an institution has a trust problem. Hyperlocal news organizations seem well-positioned to...
ON ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: Starving Yemen Mothers Skip Meals to Save Their Children
By Maggie Michael, May 4, 2018, for AP News ***Warning: This story includes imagery of starvation that some readers may find disturbing*** The young...
AFGHANISTAN NEWS AND VIEWS: The latest poverty numbers for Afghanistan: a call to action, not a reason for despair
SUBMITTED BY SHUBHAM CHAUDHURI, 05/07/2018 for World Banks Blog The just-released Afghanistan Living Conditions Survey (ALCS) paints a stark picture...
HAITI NEWS AND VIEWS: How Haiti became the first country before Britain to abolish slavery after revolt
By MILDRED EUROPA TAYLOR, May 03, 2018, for Face2Face Africa, HISTORY Long before the British abolished slave trade in 1833, the first slave trade...
ON MIGRATION: Growing old as an immigrant
Ashok is a friend and supporter of CSF. He writes a monthly blog that talks about being an Indian immigrant in the US among other fascinating...
AFGHANISTAN NEWS AND VIEWS: Making schools more resilient in Afghanistan
By JULIAN PALMA, 04/29/2018, for The World Bank Co-Author: FERNANDO RAMIREZ CORTES In Afghanistan, access to education has been a successful driver...
ON THE MEDIA: Netizen Report: Ethiopia Arrests Leading Journalists and Activists in ‘State of Emergency’
By Netizen Report Team, March 30, 2018, for Global Voices The Advox Netizen Report offers an international snapshot of challenges, victories, and...
AFGHANISTAN NEWS AND VIEWS: Afghan man pioneers women’s programs on TV
By SAYED SALAHUDDIN, March 21, 2018, for Arab News KABUL: When Hamid Samar announced two positions for TV presenters for a female program in...