Culture
Tanzania proposes highway in the Serengeti
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Conservationist groups say the proposed highway will decimate migrating wildebeest herds.
San Francisco’s Superfund struggle
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A legacy of toxic pollution lingers in San Francisco’s Hunters Point Shipyard, which was once a booming hub for wartime construction efforts, but now is largely shuttered and represents a constant threat to the health of marginalized communities that live nearby. The U.S. Navy and diverse community groups are at odds over the best way to address the problem.
Voter’s quick reference to San Francisco’s mayoral candidates
A succinct listing of candidate positions and quotes on more than two-dozen key policy issues and ballot initiatives.
Pipeline foes decry Canada oil-sands boom
Environmental and indigenous groups stepped up their attacks against Canadian oil sands development as two U.S. representatives met with Canadian officials in Ottawa to discuss energy policy.
Culture
Bundanoon: a new verb—and green movement—from Oz
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“Bundanoon” is a new green verb referencing an Australian town that prohibited bottled drinking water in 2009.
Democracy
‘Morality police’ are watching your every move on Arabian Peninsula
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New Kuwait all-women morality police will enforce laws against LGBTS, transvestites and the “flirtatious.” In Saudi Arabia, women are fighting back.
Democracy
Bridging nations no longer a figurative task
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Though attempts to build symbolic bridges between Armenia and Turkey have effectively ceased, plans to reconstruct a literal one are underway.
Democracy
Fired for not speaking English
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Three Filipino nurses at a Baltimore hospital have filed a formal complaint with the with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, alleging they were fired for violating their employer’s English-only rule.