Negotiating Identity in the Search for Healthcare
BY ANGELICA CALABRESE On the table between us lies a small photo ID of a five-year-old boy, blonde and smiling. We’re sitting at the reception desk of the Sokos Center, a volunteer-run health clinic in Bologna, Italy, dedicated to serving the city’s undocumented immigrant population, and Boris is here to apply for his son’s health...
An Everyday Crime
BY JOHN D’AMICO On December 25, 2011, Garicchi, a tech blogger and self-described Windows enthusiast, saw his inbox flooded with alerts. In his sent mail folder were recorded scores of virus-laden messages sent off without his knowledge to every person on his contact list. His account—and all the personal information on it—was completely compromised. When...
Miracle or Mirage?
by Ashley Feng My Chinese friends smile when I praise their skyscrapers, their tree-lined avenues and high-speed rail. But when I praise their schools, they rush to correct me. Once, I mentioned education at a Beijing dinner party. My aunt, married and in her thirties, exclaimed: “That is one of the biggest reasons I don’t want to have a child! It’s horrible. I feel...
Private Education Goes Public
by Aahan Bhojani: Over the past decade, Dubai has come to be known as the Rome of modern Asian cities, a city built of glitzy skyscrapers, manicured lawns, expansive shopping malls, and celebrity-full hotels. Regarded for its impressive growth and diversification away from oil, Dubai has established itself as a model for other developing and...
Teaching Tobacco
Chinese tobacco companies are trying a new marketing strategy: sponsoring elementary schools
Not Just a Game
by Marissa Dearing: David Duke is a survivor. After his father’s death and a breakup with his girlfriend, Duke developed an alcohol dependency. At 23, he found himself homeless in Glasgow. But then Duke came across an article about the Homeless World Cup and soon made the Scottish national team, an accomplishment that would spur many...
Waiting for a Revolution
by Marissa Dearing: In July 2011, a fiber-optic cable from Cuba to Venezuela will become operational, offering Cuba Internet speeds up to 3,000 times faster than what is currently available. In a country where travel is severely restricted, open telecommunication is nearly nonexistent, and human rights are suppressed, discontent has long festered under the boot of the Castro regime. In this new era of “Facebook...
Art, Inc.
by Joy Chen: Famous for her enigmatic smile, DaVinci’s inimitable masterpiece “Mona Lisa” has been valued at over $700million. But in Dafen, China, “Mona Lisa”pulled in just over $40 in recent sales. “Mona Lisa” is just one of millions of oil paintings replicated each year in this artisticboomtown. Dafen, an urbanized village in the major...
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