McLuhan and Obama on Mars
By Larry Frolick • May 11th, 2010 • Category: Art, Lead Story, Media, Technology
Once again, Inner Space and Outer Space have collided in their paired dance through the frontier of our culture.
Lead Story
Altered State
By Tyler Stiem • Apr 22nd, 2010 • Category: Africa, Conflict/War, Lead Story, Photos, Politics, Video
Portraits of mental health in Somalia's post-civil war breakaway republic.
Into the Half-Life
By Donald Weber • Apr 6th, 2010 • Category: Ecology/Environment, Lead Story, Technology, Video
The Ukrainian prairie town Zholtye Vody, built in the Soviet era to supply ore for nuclear weapons, now reckons with its deadly legacy. A film by Donald Weber.
I-zilla Sees U
By Larry Frolick • Mar 27th, 2010 • Category: Art, Film, Lead Story, Media, Peep, Technology
Neither all-seeing God nor infinitely cunning Devil, the surveillance video turns us all into suspects who can never prove our innocence or deny our guilt. Larry Frolick reports on the technology that keeps us in limbo — until the next big thing comes along.
Bahian Interlude
By Christopher Frey • Mar 20th, 2010 • Category: Brazil, Cities, Lead Story, Travel
In which the author misguidedly aspires to be a tourist. An excerpt from the forthcoming Broken Atlas book.
