Global Issues
News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 26
U.S.: Brain Injuries Especially Invisible Among Homeless - Part II
- Inter Press Service
James Smith is a 53-year-old Portland veteran who used to have a job he loved. After a car accident left him with traumatic brain and neck injuries in 2005, Smith lost his job, ran out of money and wound up on the streets.
New Arsenal Emerges in Struggle over Iran's Internet
- Inter Press Service
Millions of Iranians who have lived under an intense level of internet filtering and advanced monitoring systems for years may soon benefit from new technology that sidesteps the censors.
MIDEAST: Sphinx Avenue Paved With Bitter Memories
- Inter Press Service
Mohamed Saeed’s battle with a wrecking crew ended predictably. His refusal to leave the home his grandfather built and defiant attempts to throw himself in front of the giant hydraulic hammer bought his family some time, but by the end of the day their two-storey house was reduced to rubble.
EL SALVADOR: Radio Station under Threat in Mining Region
- Inter Press Service
Manuel Navarrete fiddles with the buttons and adjusts the volume on the control panel at the Radio Victoria community radio station in northern El Salvador, while he reads over the microphone the latest communiqué in which social organisations express their solidarity with the station's journalists, who have received death threats.
Argentina and U.S. Launch Climate Observatory into Orbit
- Inter Press Service
Argentina and the United States have launched a jointly developed satellite observatory that will provide real-time information critical to understanding two major components of the earth's climate system: the water cycle and ocean circulation.
Q&A: 'Women Have Yielded the Cooking Profession to Men'
- Inter Press Service
'Women didn't want to be slaves any more, or work professionally at what they were trying to liberate themselves from,' renowned Venezuelan chef Helena Ibarra told IPS, explaining why women have taken so long to compete in a workplace as symbolically feminine as the kitchen.
Dam Project in Turkey Breeds Controversy
- Inter Press Service
The tranquillity and mystery of this town on the banks of Tigris River will not last long. The millennia-old town will be nearly totally destroyed once the nearby Ilisu dam, built for energy and irrigation, is complete.
SPAIN: Protest Movement Spreads to Neighbourhoods, Small Towns
- Inter Press Service
The May 15 Movement (15-M) which sprang up as huge rallies in public squares in Spain's largest cities to protest against the political, economic and social system, is multiplying as assemblies in local neighbourhoods in provincial capitals and other municipalities.
ECUADOR: Bishop Fasts for Reconciliation in Jungle Province
- Inter Press Service
Catholic bishop emeritus Gonzalo López Marañón has been fasting since May 24 in a park in the Ecuadorian capital to call for peace and reconciliation in Sucumbíos, an Amazon province immersed in a conflict over the Vatican's decision to put the diocese in the hands of an ultra-conservative Catholic order.
Street Harassment, Not 'Compliments'
- Inter Press Service
Men say they are giving compliments, or even claim they are being poetic. But to many women, cheeky or lewd remarks from men on the street are a form of harassment which is offensive, insulting and even denigrating.
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