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Facial tattoos, once popular among Chaouia women in Algeria, are now less prevalent. This project examines their contribution to identity, their symbolic meaning, and reasons for their disappearance.
Religion and religious tolerance, Social Studies, The Political and Social Conditions of Developing Nations, World Religions
Iraq's Kurds are in business while Turkey and its own Kurdish population are at war. Will success in Iraqi Kurdistan ease tension in Turkey, or will it break an ethnic bond?
Regional/border disputes, The Political and Social Conditions of Developing Nations
A battle is being waged in the rainforests of Panama – between those who want to keep their way of life, and those who want economic growth. At stake: billions worth of precious metals.
Effect of Human Activities on the Earth
After 20 years of fading industry, rampant corruption, and no clear ideology, Russia is now on the move. Its young people are finding new homes in—and out—of the country.
Economics, Education and learning, Globalization, Immigration, The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, The Political and Social Conditions of Developing Nations
Haiti’s north is rich with mineral deposits that could infuse millions into the nation’s ailing economy—but only if the government can regulate foreign mining giants and share the wealth.
Effect of Human Activities on the Earth, The Political and Social Conditions of Developing Nations
Shiho Fukada documents the lives of disposable workers in Japan in stories that illustrate the global unemployment crisis and the growing gap between rich and poor that has provoked much turmoil.
Economics, Health, Social Studies
Oil in the Caspian Sea is making Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan rich. But with Iran and Russia on the sea, too, is it fueling a naval arms race as well?
The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, Modern Day Conflicts
In Ivory Coast—the world’s top cocoa producer—cocoa farmers bore the brunt of a civil war that killed thousands and displaced more than a million. A year after a power transfer, has anything changed?
Modern Day Conflicts
Back in power since 2007, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is leading what he claims is a “second phase of the Sandinista revolution.” Some fear Nicaragua is repeating a cycle of social unrest.
Political Revolutions, The Rise of Dictatorial Regimes, The Political and Social Conditions of Developing Nations
Suriname, with its pristine environment, has become a pawn in a new Great Game as the balance of power in the Americas shifts from the United States toward China.
The Political and Social Conditions of Developing Nations, Modern Day Conflicts
Europeans drew Africa’s borders long ago. Today these lines are often deserted and sometimes dangerous. Mali is the legacy: A crumbling state, rump of ancient empire between desert and forest.
Modern Day Conflicts
Materials for teachers and students ahead of filmmaker Jen Marlowe's visit.
The Political and Social Conditions of Developing Nations, Modern Day Conflicts
Anonymous and spoken, landai, two-line Pashtun poems, have served for centuries as a means of self-expression for women. Today they are an important vehicle of public dissent.
The Political and Social Conditions of Developing Nations
As the trash in Nairobi's vast Dandora dump continues to pile up, photojournalist Micah Albert looks Kenya's waste management disaster.
Health, Effect of Human Activities on the Earth, Environmental Public Policy
An immersive, transmedia book project for the iPad on the birth of the world's newest country from photographer Trevor Snapp and reporter Alan Boswell.
Modern Day Conflicts
With the same ruthless skill that it keeps its population in check with, North Korea also keeps journalists in the dark. But much can be learned from the outside looking in.
The Rise of Dictatorial Regimes, Modern Day Conflicts
Resources for teachers and students ahead of Dominic Bracco's classroom visit.
Immigration, Modern Day Conflicts
From Tijuana to Tierra del Fuego, climate change is gripping Latin America. Simeon Tegel reports on the human consequences of drought, hurricanes, and melting glaciers.
Effect of Human Activities on the Earth, Environmental Public Policy, Freshwater Resources, Role of Water in Natural and Human-Made Environments
Despite environmental protection policies, Cambodia’s growing economy and population have caused one of the world’s worst rates of deforestation.
Ecosystems, Effect of Human Activities on the Earth, Environmental Public Policy
Scotland is set for a vote on independence. It is expected to take place in 2014, meaning that the United Kingdom could be dissolved in 2015. Tim Judah looks at defense and foreign policy...
Defense, militarization and security, Economics, Regional/border disputes, Modern Day Conflicts