If You Are Looking Down, Why Don't You See Me?
by Emilie Johnson, Emilie Johnson, France - "I promised my family I would come back for them, that I would take them with me. I have no contact with them. Imagine that, if you lost your family."
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December 11, 2009
BYLINE PORTAL
Life in an Unhealthy Climate
by Mandi Smallhorne, Mail & Guardian, South Africa - An absence of fresh, clean water in adequate amounts for drinking and washing, coupled with undernourished...
The Controversial Release of Suicide Mosquitoes
by Rafaela von Bredow, Der Spiegel, Germany - A British biotech lab has released huge numbers of genetically modified mosquitoes in an effort to combat...
Those Who Die to Keep Us Safe: European Union’s Frontex and the Administration of Immigrants
by Flavia Dzodan, Tiger Beatdown, USA - Frontex exists to “protect” us. Their motto is “Libertas, Securitas, Justitia” (Freedom, Safety, Justice) And under that pretense,...
Women Entrepreneurs, Example Not Exception
by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, TED, USA - Women aren’t micro--so why do they only get micro-loans? At TEDxWomen reporter Gayle Tzemach Lemmon argues that women...
Capoeira and Security: The View from Upside-Down
by Zoë Marriage, OpenDemocracy, UK - Through an account of capoeira, the Brazilian dance-fight-game, we uncover two simultaneous stories of security: first, the gradual monopolisation...
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