News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 44
MEXICO: Bicentennial Nothing to Celebrate, Say Indigenous Peoples
- Inter Press Service
'I don't understand why we should celebrate [Independence]. There will be no freedom in Mexico until repression against indigenous peoples is eliminated,' says Sadhana, whose name means 'moon' in the indigenous Mazahua language.
THAILAND: Insurgency Turns Malay-Muslim Women into Leaders
- Inter Press Service
When her husband was arrested for links to an insurgency raging in this southern region, Pattama Heemmima joined the ranks of Malay-Muslim women forced into the unfamiliar routine of visiting police stations, military camps and courts to secure the freedom of their imprisoned kin.
Surfing the Web without Being Swept Away
- Inter Press Service
City life and access to information technologies can open up a whole new arena of possibilities for young girls: better education, access to healthcare, new skills and a plethora of new ideas.
Q&A: 'Political Conversations Are Now on Steroids'
- Inter Press Service
Andrew Rasiej hurriedly gets off the phone, explaining that he was talking to Arianna Huffington, founder of uber-website The Huffington Post. She just published a new book, and Rasiej was providing ideas on how to use social media to promote it.
MEXICO: Artists Push 'Other' Bicentennial Viewpoint
- Inter Press Service
'The homeland is not the flag / the anthem is not the country / that is just the varnish / that adorns the outside,' states a poem written in Spanish by artist Enrique Cisneros in reference to Mexico's ongoing bicentennial celebrations.
AFRICA: Services Should Only be Liberalised If Properly Regulated
- Inter Press Service
With African countries' trade remaining inordinately dependent on natural resources exports, their economies could benefit from liberalisation of trade in services but only as long as proper domestic regulatory frameworks are put in place, some trade experts argue.
CARIBBEAN: Still Fighting HIV Stigma After 30 Years
- Inter Press Service
An inescapable fact of living in societies that are as small and highly personalised as those in the Caribbean is that information travels very quickly and not always very accurately.
JAMAICA: Broadcast Ban Forces Cleanup of 'Murder Music'
- Inter Press Service
A government-led crackdown on violent and explicit sexual lyrics seems to have stalled reggae music's 20-year slide into what has been dubbed 'murder music'.
EUROPE: Roma Conference Decries Government-Led Discrimination
- Inter Press Service
Over the centuries, racism in the Americas has targeted indigenous peoples, African slaves and their descendants, while in Europe, secular racism has long centred on its once-enslaved gypsies, as their recent persecution in France and Italy confirms.
CHINA: Journalists Risk Their Lives to Expose Corruption
- Inter Press Service
Despite what are often overwhelming obstacles, a gutsy minority of investigative reporters in China continues to expose official corruption and criminal behaviour. But they do so at their own peril.
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