Many cultures have ceremonies that mark the transition from boyhood to manhood. But not all include sleep deprivation, circumcision, and a golf hat.
New Americans On What Citizenship Means to Them
It sounds routine, the swearing-in of America’s newest citizens. But on a recent morning in downtown New York, the crowd was unusually large – 119 children and teenagers were here, all receiving their citizenship certificates en masse. They came from over 30 countries, from Albania and Ecuador to Pakistan and the UK.
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Catholic Church in Philippines Holds Mass in Malls
In the Philippines, many are abandoning the Catholic Church and going shopping. So the Church is going where the shoppers are. It’s holding Mass at the malls. John Otis reports from Manila.
Two COSAT students traveled to China for a chemistry competition. In the process, they learned a lot of lessons — about snow, about perceptions of Africans, and about chopsticks.
Victor Navasky is humbled by the power of political cartoons. See some of the most iconic drawn images from the past 400 years. Learn why Napoleon felt undone by a British caricaturist, how Hitler raged against about his own portrayal in political cartoons and how the purveyor of anti-semitic cartoons was the only non-Nazi high official to be sentenced to death at Nuremberg.
Sonia Soares, 52, is a Brazilian house cleaner in the Boston area. She felt invisible, but gained confidence through mediation sessions that help domestic workers resolve disputes with employers. Now, she works as a mediator herself.
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Gertrude Nakigudde is an accountant in Kampala, Uganda. I’m a freelance reporter and journalism instructor in Seattle. Angelina Jolie is, well, Angelina Jolie.
We’ve all had mastectomies, and we’ve all nursed parents through their final days with breast cancer.
"— Joanne Silberner, in “Breast Cancer: One Disease, Three Stories.”
