Cinema of the Spider Lily
By Larry Frolick • May 6th, 2010 • Category: China, Features, Film
FILM | Three films from China present people lost in the world of new media and yearning for connection.
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Chernobyl Stalkers
By Donald Weber • Mar 26th, 2010 • Category: Ecology/Environment, Features, Technology, Video
FILM | Donald Weber's new film documents the scavengers inside Chernobyl's Exclusion Zone, with a nod to the prophetic vision of Tarkovsky's Stalker.
Where the City Goes to Worship
By Tyler Stiem • Mar 23rd, 2010 • Category: Architecture, Cities, Features, Travel
CITIES | Following the call to Istanbul's Friday prayers, Tyler Stiem takes in some lesser-known mosques.
Blister Pack
By Larry Frolick • Feb 15th, 2010 • Category: China, Culture, Features
TOYS | China almost bankrupted Rome through its aesthetic craving for imported silks, and wrenched the British Empire apart with the chemical high of costly teas. Now the West faces a metaphysical addiction to its “toys.”
Carpet Culture
By Donald Weber • Feb 9th, 2010 • Category: Culture, Features, Film, Video
FILM | A short video by Donald Weber—an insider's glimpse at red carpet culture and paparazzi during the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival.
The Road to Jijiga
By Tyler Stiem • Jan 23rd, 2010 • Category: Africa, Features, Travel
TRAVEL | Into Ethiopia's Ogaden, where ethnic Somalis are fighting a doomed war of secession.
The Holy Now!
By Christopher Frey • Jan 22nd, 2010 • Category: Africa, Culture, Features, Religion
RELIGION | The rise of the 'Third World Preacher' and how the increasingly global reach of African Pentecostalism is proving there are many ways of being modern.
Critique of Pure Winter
By Larry Frolick • Jan 21st, 2010 • Category: Features, Travel
TRAVEL | Our contemporary coureurs du bois head straight into Manitoba's heart of whiteness to plumb the true meaning of an Arctic Front. Can Western Civilization and Immanuel Kant triumph over The Land God Gave Cain? Your guide to the Ices of Northern Canada.
Fast Forward Fashion From the Trunk of a Car
By Donald Weber • Jan 20th, 2010 • Category: Fashion, Features, Photos
FASHION | Perhaps the nearest we'll get to a search for Ukraine's Next Top Model.
Activist-Journalists Bring Citizen, Pro Media Together at COP15
By Craille Maguire Gillies • Jan 19th, 2010 • Category: Ecology/Environment, Features, Media
MEDIA | The recent climate change summit in Cøpenhagen illustrated the new relationships between magazines, bloggers, activists, and advocacy groups, revealing how journalists are now working with the groups they once reported on.
