National Geographic: Band of Sisters
Neil and Hawre head to the outskirts of Sulimaniyah where a female-only Peshmerga battalion has its headquarters. At a firing range, raw recruits practice weapons handling and target shooting.
Child Marriage in Bangladesh
Bangladesh has the highest rate of child marriage of girls under the age of 15 in the world, with 29 percent of girls in Bangladesh married before age 15, according to a UNICEF study. Two percent of girls in Bangladesh are married before age 11.
Full-Frontal with Samantha Bee: First (And Probably Last Ever) Trump-Positive Field Piece
We went to the one place where Trump is universally beloved: Iraq.
Full-Frontal with Samantha Bee: Meet the Badass Peshmerga Women
Meet the Iraqi women who are queens of the land, bosses of alllll the shit, and whose fearlessness inspired us.
Following an American Pilgrim on Hajj
See firsthand why the trip evokes such intense contemplation. Jibreel, a former basketball player, joined 15,000 other Muslims from America who made the holy pilgrimage this Hajj season.
Next Generation Leaders: Ramla Ali
The first Muslim woman to win an English boxing title, Ramla Ali has her sights set on the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. There, should she qualify, she will become the first boxer of any gender to represent her country of birth, Somalia.
Love Letters
Mother's Day is especially hard for mothers behind bars. Love Letters is a digital project to highlight the unbreakable bond between a child and their incarcerated parent.
Anti-Abortion Crusaders: Inside the African-American Abortion Battle
FRONTLINE takes an inside look at the African-American anti-abortion movement in the United States. This short film follows a group of anti-abortion activists and their work inside the black community. The centerpiece of their message: "The most dangerous place for an African-American child is in the womb."
Immigrant Heritage Month
June is Immigrant Heritage Month, and the #IAmAnImmigrant campaign launches the new #IStandWithImmigrants initiative to encourage all of us to explore our individual heritage & recognize our distinct and shared experiences. We all have our piece in the American story, whether as a new immigrant, native to this land, a descendent of slavery or those who came to our nation seeking a better life.
No School for Thousands of Syrian Refugee Children
More than half of the nearly 500,000 school-age Syrian children registered in Lebanon are not enrolled in formal education. Although Lebanon, which is hosting 1.1 million registered Syrian refugees, has allowed Syrian children to enroll for free in public schools, limited resources and Lebanese policies on residency and work for Syrians are keeping children out of the classroom.
Plastic Planet: Selfie Surgery
In an instant, social media can change the way you look by using Snapchat and Instagram filters and apps like Facetune. Smoother skin, a different nose, plumper lips -- no problem. But what happens when you want to look "filtered" all the time?
The Coal Mine Next Door
The Trump administration and United States Congress have endangered public health by ending measures, including defunding a scientific study, that address the human and environmental risks of mountaintop removal, a form of surface coal mining prevalent in central Appalachia.
Why Women of Color Are Trying to Get Out of the United States
It comes as no surprise that a time when white supremacist groups have gained increased public notoriety and the President has disparaged African nations as "shitholes," many black Americans are feeling isolated and unsafe in communities or workplaces.
Jordan Casteel Stays in the Moment
How does an artist connect with her subjects in the solitude of her studio? Artist Jordan Casteel reflects on the complex dynamic between herself and her subjects while adjusting to the recent commercial success of her paintings.
Ginseng Rush
Wild American ginseng roots can be worth hundreds of dollars per pound, thanks to hungry markets in Asia where the plant has been prized for its healing powers since ancient times.
It's native to Appalachia, where locals have been "hunting" it for generations, and operating in the shadows. But when prices skyrocketed to $1,300 a pound in 2013, a lot more people started to get interested, and started harvesting the roots before they were ready -- putting the native population at risk.
Desperate Journey: Europe's Refugee Crisis
More than 800,000 asylum seekers and migrants have arrived in Europe by sea in 2015, with most traveling onward to northern and western EU countries. According to UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency, 84 percent were from Syria, Afghanistan, Eritrea, Somalia, or Iraq - all countries experiencing conflict, widespread violence and insecurity, or countries with highly repressive governments.
Black Women Are Dying from Cervical Cancer in Alabama
The Federal and many state and local governments are not doing enough to prevent cervical cancer deaths, which are largely preventable. Approximately 4,200 women a year die in the United States from cervical cancer, including disproportionately high numbers of Black women.
The Women's Building
The Women's Building stands for what's possible when the potential of girls and women is nurtured, rather than locked away. Through its very structure and planning, it serves a new kind of justice, one based on collaboration, partnership, fairness, and equity.
Reborn as a hub of activism and engagement, The Women's Building will offer social justice leaders the resources and support they need to drive critical change. It's a workspace - and more. It will rise as a vertical neighborhood, designed to spark serendipitous interactions, build partnerships, create networks, and grow sustainable solutions. It will bring diverse organizations together, as they envision and build a better world for girls and women, around the globe.
Prophets of Rage - "Prophets of Rage"
Supergroup Prophets of Rage, composed of Rage Against the Machine, Public Enemy, and Cypress Hill, didn't exactly take the normal approach for playing their first shows. The guys played at NORCO Penitentiary, for protesters at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, and then at Skid Row in L.A. (via The Fader)
Hidden Connections: Climate Change & Child Marriage in Bangladesh
Here are two seemingly unrelated facts: Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries when it comes to the effects of climate change. Around 30% of girls in Bangladesh are married before their 15th birthday. Hidden Connections reveals how these two facts are intertwined.
Tanzanian Albino Children Get New Limbs in U.S.
People with albinism live in danger in Tanzania where their body parts are used in witchcraft and can fetch a high price. Four Tanzanian children with albinism, who were attacked for body parts, get new limbs in the United States to help them do everyday tasks most people take for granted.
ALLURE x STYLELIKEU: One Student Won't Be Bullied For Vitiligo
Jesi V. Taylor on how vitiligo has affected her life, and the discrimination and judgement she has faced because of it.
ALLURE x STYLELIKEU: One Woman's Message for the Person Who Shot Her
Megan Hobson dispels the myth that she is a "victim" of gun violence.
Child Brides in Nepal
Nepal has the third-highest rate of child marriage in Asia. The government has failed to take sufficient steps to end child marriage, in spite of promises to do so, and girls and boys across the country continue to be deeply harmed by child marriage. In July 2014, Nepal’s government pledged to end child marriage by 2020. By 2016, this goal had shifted to ending child marriage by 2030. The government has yet to take the concrete steps needed to achieve either goal.
Behind the Collector: Michael Phillips Moskowitz, eBay’s Chief Curator & Editorial Director
Take a look inside the art-filled apartment of eBay’s chief curator and editorial director, Michael Phillips Moskowitz, and find out what collecting advice he has to share in this first episode of Sothebys' Behind the Collector series.
Circle Through New York
Artists Lenka Clayton and Jon Rubin discuss their project "A talking parrot, a high school drama class, a Punjabi TV show, the oldest song in the world, a museum artwork, and a congregation's call to action circle through New York."
Primitive Games
On June 21, 2018, the Guggenheim's rotunda became an arena for the culminating performance of Shaun Leonardo's "Primitive Games" (2018). The project asked "What might happen when four seemingly divided groups are invited to debate one another without using words?" The event followed artist-led, movement-based workshops with participants from four groups, each with a unique relationship to gun violence: citizens impacted by street violence, military veterans, police officers, and recreational users of firearms. Staged amid increasingly divisive national politics, Primitive Games gave performers and audience members alike an opportunity to reconsider their own place within contemporary debates.
WE THE ECONOMY - Ep. 10: THE STREET | Joe Berlinger
How does Wall Street influence the economy? On the heels of the financial crisis, Wall Street for some has become synonymous with corruption and greed.
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The Palestine Exception to Free Speech: A Movement Under Attack in the US
Students and scholars discuss the backlash they have experienced for engaging in Palestine advocacy. These and hundreds of other cases are documented in "The Palestine Exception to Free Speech: A Movement Under Attack in the US," a report released by the Center for Constitutional Rights and Palestine Legal in September 2015.
Repeal Anti-Gay ‘No Promo Homo’ Laws
Many schools across the United States remain hostile environments for LGBT students despite significant progress on LGBT rights in recent years. The concerns include bullying and harassment, exclusion of LGBT topics from school curricula and resources, restrictions on LGBT student groups, and discrimination and bigotry from both classmates and school personnel on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
Trapped: Asylum Seekers in Lesbos, Greece
Lesbos, a postcard-perfect vacation island in the northern Aegean Sea, is a haven for people fleeing war in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. It symbolizes the hope that somewhere in Europe there is refuge. It is also a graveyard for the countless corpses that have washed ashore on its beautiful coastline.
Canada's Water Crisis
Canada has abundant water, yet water in many indigenous communities in Ontario is not safe to drink. The water on which many of Canada's First Nations communities depend, is contaminated, hard to access, or at risk due to faulty treatment systems.
Raped in the Military - Then Punished
Thousands of United States service members, who lost their military careers after reporting a sexual assault, live with stigmatizing discharge papers that prevent them from getting jobs and benefits. Under pressure from the public and Congress, the US military has in recent years implemented some protection for service members who report sexual assault, but nothing has been done to redress the wrongs done to those who were unfairly discharged.
Unchecked Homophobic Violence in Jamaica
LGBT Jamaicans are vulnerable to both physical and sexual violence and many live in constant fear. They are taunted, threatened, fired from their jobs, thrown out of their homes, or worse: beaten, stoned, raped, or killed.
US: NSA Surveillance Restricts Press Freedom
Large-scale US surveillance is seriously hampering US-based journalists and lawyers in their work. Surveillance is undermining media freedom and the right to counsel, and ultimately obstructing the American people's ability to hold their government to account, the groups said.
TORN APART: Families and US Immigration Reform
Alina Diaz, a farmworker advocate, with Lidia Franco, Gisela Castillo and Marilu Nava-Cervantes, members of the Alianza Nacional de Campesinas, a national organization that mobilizes farmworker women around the country to engage with policymakers about workplace abuses, including unpaid wages, pesticide exposure, and sexual harassment.
TORN APART: Families and US Immigration Reform
Angie and Peter Kim came to the United States from South Korea with their parents when they were 9 and 7 years old respectively. According to them, their grandmother, a US citizen, had petitioned for their family, they said, but after years of waiting due to a backlog of visas, she died just before they could complete the process.
Florida: Teens in Adult Justice System
Every year, the state of Florida arbitrarily and unfairly prosecutes hundreds of children as adults. If convicted, these children suffer the lifelong consequences of an adult felony record for what are often low-level, nonviolent offenses.
US: Raised on the Sex Offender Registry
Harsh public registration laws often punish youth sex offenders for life and do little to protect public safety, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. A web of federal and state laws apply to people under 18 who have committed any of a wide range of sex offenses, from the very serious, like rape, to the relatively innocuous, such as public nudity.
US: DC Police Fail Rape Victims
Victims of sexual assault in Washington, DC, are not getting the effective response they deserve and should expect from the district's Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Sexual assault cases are too often not properly documented or investigated and victims may face callous, traumatizing treatment, despite official departmental policy to the contrary.