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Afghan President Hamid Karzai is slated to step down next April.
Global Politics
In Afghanistan, a lame duck president is complaining and perhaps conspiring
Brooklyn-based Kenyan artist Wangechi Mutu.
Arts, Culture & Media
Kenyan artist Wangechi Mutu takes us on a ‘Fantastic Journey’
Rose and Alfrits Monintja outside of their home in the New York City borough of Queens. The Monintjas are originally from the village of Sonder in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, and are among an estimated 100,000 people who speak the disappearing language Ton
Arts, Culture & Media
When New Yorker Rose Monintja speaks her native tongue, the memories flood back
A US senate staffer places a sign at the steps of the US Capitol in Washington,
Global Politics
Could Washington take some cues on ‘saving face’ from Japan?
US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid gathers with other Democratic Party senate members and Washington DC Mayor Vincent Gray (L) on the steps of the US Capitol.
Business, Economics and Jobs
The political chaos in Washington is creating jitters overseas
1st Lieutenant Jennifer Moreno, 25, of San Diego, was killed in action in the Zhari district of Afghanistan, near Kandahar, on Sunday. Moreno was a qualified paratrooper, and was serving as a cultural liaison officer with Special Forces. Her family is on
Global Politics
Charity steps in to help military families unable to receive death benefits because of the shutdown
Utah Data Center
Environment
NSA has expensive problem with the power supply at its secretive Utah Data Center
Noura Mint Seymali, with her husband Jeiche Ould Chighaly behind her, playing at the Issue Project Room in Brooklyn on her first US tour.
Arts, Culture & Media
Blending in a little funk from a Mauritanian musical ambassador
Arts, Culture & Media
What happens when you mix culture, talent, health and passion? Music