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ON THE MEDIA: The media today – A unionization wave across the industry
By Pete Vernon, November 20, 2017, for Columbia Journalism Review ACROSS THE MEDIA LANDSCAPE, as consolidation and technological advancements drive...
HAITI NEWS AND VIEWS: Why Jazz Lovers Should Travel To Haiti For This Unique Musical Experience
By Isis Briones, November 20, 2017, for Forbes Haiti might be off the beaten path, but it's home to one of the most unique music festival...
ON THE MEDIA: Documentary Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman on Life in Donald Trump’s America
By Will Tizard, November 12, 2017, for Variety Frederick Wiseman, 87, whom Camerimage Film Festival is honoring with a retrospective of five films...
AFGHANISTAN NEWS AND VIEWS: Afghanistan in 2017: A Survey of the Afghan People
Report from the Asia Foundation, November 14, 2017 The 2017 Survey of the Afghan People polled 10,012 Afghan respondents from 16 ethnic groups...
ON MIGRATION: In struggling upstate New York cities, refugees vital to rebirth
By Alex Leary, November 17, 2017, for Tampa Bay Times Pat Marino pulled into the shop on a cold, wet Thursday and stood close as a young...
AFGHANISTAN NEWS AND VIEWS: Afghanistan’s booming heroin trade leaves trail of addiction at home
By Sune Engel Rasmussen, November 16, 2017, for The Guardian With the country’s opium production rising by 87% on last year, a former US base in...
ON MIGRATION: More immigrants have temporary status than previously known
November 10, 2017, for The Boston Herald Thousands more immigrants are living in Massachusetts under Temporary Protected Status than previously...
ON THE MEDIA: The Trust Project brings news orgs and tech giants together to tag and surface high-quality news
By LAURA HAZARD OWEN, November 16, 2017, for Nieman Lab “The hope is that, if news organizations are more clear and transparent about what they’re...
Organize a NIRV Screen & Discuss Event
Help us arrange screenings of the NIRV films! We are looking for locations and hosts to arrange events to screen and discuss a selection of the New...
AFGHANISTAN NEWS AND VIEWS: Street art in Afghanistan targets corruption and hate
By Larisa Epatko, November 17, 2017, for PBS Murals are popping up in and around Kabul, aimed at getting people to think about what’s possible....
HAITI NEWS AND VIEWS: How Trump can be Haiti’s ‘champion’
By Editorial Board, November 9, 2017, for The Washington Post AS A CANDIDATE for president last year, Donald Trump felt Haiti’s pain. Campaigning in...