Sea-Jay Van der Ploeg

• Interviews
• Magazine
• World

Yvette Alberdingk Thijm is the executive director of WITNESS. Founded in 1992, WITNESS is a nonprofit organization that partners with more than 300 on the ground activist groups in over 80 countries by providing cutting-edge technology and media reso...

• Interviews
• Magazine
• Rhode Island

Richard Culatta is the current Chief Innovation Officer of Rhode Island. A Rhode Island native, he was previously Director of the Office of Educational Technology for the US Department of Education under the Obama Administration. Previously, he was e...

• Interviews
• Magazine
• U.S.

Cynthia Enloe is a feminist international relations scholar in the Department of International Development, Community, and Environment at Clark University. She has written fourteen books, including Seriously! Investigating Crashes and Crises As If Wo...

• Arts
• Asia/Pacific
• Culture
• Magazine

With $40.9 million in ticket sales on its first day, the Chinese film “The Mermaid” broke global box office records in February of this year. The success of the movie manifests China’s growing presence within the global film industry. Blockbust...

• Foreign Policy
• United States

The mention of Cuba evokes popular tropes — old cars, rum, baseball, and of course, cigars. For decades, these famous hand-rolled cigars have become emblematic of the island. Cuba’s fertile soil and local climate are conducive to high quality, ha...

• Culture
• Race

One hashtag, three words: #unfairandlovely. Although the phrase seems minimal, the “Unfair and Lovely” campaign, started by University of Texas student Pax Jones, is a critical spin on the Indian Fair and Lovely skin lightening product line. By e...

• Culture

Upon its inception, Facebook instantly took America by storm — sweeping across college campuses, captivating the youth demographic, and, finally, establishing itself as an essential social media fixture among Internet users. Now, in an increasingly...