It is perhaps the most iconic sports photograph ever taken. Captured at the medal ceremony for the men's 200 meters at the 1968 Mexico Olympics, U.S. sprinter Tommie Smith stands defiantly, head bowed, his black-gloved fist thrust into the thin air. Behind him fellow American John Carlos joins wi... Read more...
He's gonna read this and throw one of those "Blow" parties like in the movie The U.S. Treasury Department called Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman "the world's most powerful drug trafficker" Tuesday. The fugitive Sinaloa cartel leader also got a boost from Mexican actress Kate Del Castil... Read more...
(Sri Lanka) The Occupy Wall Street Movement has captured the imagination of the world. We now have Occupy Tokyo, Occupy Berlin, Occupy Mexico, Occupy Australia, Occupy Brazil, Occupy Denmark, Occupy Asia and even Occupy Antarctica. But where are the voices of young people of African desc... Read more...
View Larger Map Look at the world map taken from Google maps above. Looks familiar, right? Look at that huge land to North America's upper right. That's Greenland. Look at Africa; it seems like Africa is about the size of Greenland. Now consider this fact: Africa is 14 times larger th... Read more...
The UK performs poorly in an international league table showing how many disadvantaged pupils succeed "against the odds" at school. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has studied how pupils from poor backgrounds can succeed academically. It says that "self-confide... Read more...
[vodpod id=Video.5950011&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] “It takes many to make revolution… and many to preserve it.” “About the idea of organizing outside of political parties and the political class —I’m with it. In fact, it may be the only thing that keep... Read more...
A 6.5 magnitude earthquake was felt across Mexico this morning. It happened a little more than hour before the 7.1 earthquake hit Japan. Luckily, the Mexican earthquake happened very deep underground, so no damage has been reported. The United States Geological Survey puts the depth o... Read more...
Ernest Green hit the roads of the segregated South as a teen in the 1950s, using a travel guide that pointed out safe havens where African-Americans could eat and stay. The pamphlet promoted vacation without humiliation. On that trip in the 1950s, Green journeyed the 1,000 miles from Arkansa... Read more...