Claire McCartney
GlobalPostClaire McCartney is a web producer at GlobalPost and a recent graduate of Tufts University, where she studied psychology and mass communications. Before interning with GlobalPost, Claire worked at Frontline PBS, focusing on social media as a platform for audience engagement. In 2012, Claire participated in the CIEE Communications and New Media Journalism program in Seville, Spain where she investigated a radio program broadcast out of a penitentiary psychiatric hospital. She was also an editor at Tufts' student magazine, the Tufts Observer.
US citizen sentenced to prison in Bahrain after anti-government protest
Unusual prison sentence draws international attention to the tiny Middle Eastern kingdom on the same day that Obama makes controversial remarks about its human rights issues.
Mob of 1,000 Buddhists burns down Muslim homes and shops in Myanmar
Malaysian government to Shia Muslims: Keep your beliefs to yourself
India pilgrimage disaster recalls other mass-casualty religious events
Journalists in Bahrain jailed in attempt to keep protests quiet
Boko Haram suspected in new attacks on Nigerian mosques
Violence in Nigeria continues to take lives as the government's military battles extremist Islamic group Boko Haram. What's behind the violence?
US State Department embraces religion with new office
State seeks to reach out to global religious leaders and communities through the creation of a new faith-focused office.
Britain's Supreme Court: Is Scientology a 'real' religion?
A new case in Britain's highest court has judges debating the metaphysical merits of the famously controversial belief system.
Sikh leaders advise UK temples to halt all weddings in response to same-sex marriage law
Sikh leaders have advised temples in the United Kingdom to forfeit their marriage licenses under new same-sex marriage legislation.
Atheism: Study finds six ways to disbelieve
Researchers developed six specific categories of atheists, whose numbers are on the rise globally.
Restrictions on religion have increased globally since Arab Spring
A new Pew Research Center study finds that religious restrictions and social hostilities have increased worldwide since the beginning of the Arab Spring in 2011.
Five interesting ways people are fighting HIV around the world
HIV/AIDS awareness campaigns are using new techniques to reach wider audiences.
Q&A: Should mental health be part of the gun control debate?
Forensic psychologist Dr. Reid Meloy tells GlobalPost that the link between mental illness and gun violence isn't as strong as the public might think.
Emergency contraception use more than doubles
A recent NCHS report shows that more American women than ever are using the morning after pill.
On National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, a crisis continues
A look at some of the programs trying to stem the AIDS epidemic among African-Americans.