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Michael May

The World

Playing Against The Virus

Arts, Culture & Media

Epidemics have become a hot topic in gaming. In the online video game Pandemic 2, you play the virus, aiming to wipe out humanity. In The Great Flu, you control a world health organization and make decisions about face masks and airport closures.

Oumou Sangare, Malian Musician and Auto Executive

Arts, Culture & Media

Working in India’s Textile Mills and the Sumangali Scheme

Global Politics

Death of a Bangalore Law Student

Conflict & Justice
Mohja Kahf (right), her daughter, friend and brother-in-law, visiting a wounded Syrian man in Turkey.

Syrian Americans and the Syrian YouTube Revolution

Arts, Culture & Media
The World

The Case of Tarek Mehanna

Conflict & Justice

An Egyptian-American is on trial in Boston charged with supporting terrorism. But the case of Tarek Mehanna is a complicated one. Michael May of Latitude News spoke with friends and associates to find out just who Tarek Mehanna really is.

The World

Israeli Pulp

Arts, Culture & Media

The Israeli writer Gadi Taub is doing his best to bring the spirit of James Ellroy to the Middle East. Taub’s edgy crime novel, Allenby Street, is set in a seedy Tel Aviv nightclub, and it shocked and disturbed Israeli readers when it came out last year. Produced by Michael May.

The World

Birdsong

Arts, Culture & Media

Indie band Shearwater plays the South by Southwest festival this week. Lead singer Jonathan Meiburg – an ornithologist by training ? explains how his passion for birds and islands shaped the band’s new record: The Golden Archipelago. Produced by Michael May.

The World

Dallas Art Scores a Touchdown

Arts, Culture & Media

Last fall, Dallas unveiled a world-class performing arts campus to rival New York’s Lincoln Center. At the same time, a new Dallas Cowboys stadium opened up that that showcases giant sculptures by some of the world’s greatest artists. We sent Michael May to check them both out.