News headlines for “Racism”, page 83
AUSTRALIA: Enough of Uranium Mining, Say Aboriginal Communities
- Inter Press Service
As a mining giant prepares to open a major uranium mining site in Western Australia next year, the clamour for the state to once more ban mining of the radioactive mineral has become louder.
ARTS: Walking in the Shoes of a Muslim in New York
- Inter Press Service
A woman waits on a subway platform, head bowed, pretending to ignore the insults. Perched on bar stools, a group of friends listen to racist jokes, suppressing giggles. Kneeling, a young war veteran tells his fiancée of his decision to return to combat. Two men wait expectantly at a job interview. An old man and a young graffiti artist sit together on a bench, discussing the power of language.
Developing More Top African Women Research Scientists
- Inter Press Service
In a tiny village near Kisumu city in Kenya, scientific researcher Mary Anyango Oyunga spends most of her time educating women about something they have always done — grow sweet potatoes.
CHINA: New Technology Deals Blow to Writing Mandarin Characters
- Inter Press Service
Yu Daihai, a 23-year-old college graduate from Dandong city in northern Liaoning province, uses his computer and mobile phone everyday to communicate with his friends. But technology is having an unwanted side effect: Yu, like a growing number of young Chinese, is starting to forget how to write his native language.
CUBA: Village with English Past, Ecological Present
- Inter Press Service
Only hurricanes disrupt the tranquility of Cocodrilo, a Cuban coastal village founded by immigrants from the Cayman Islands in the early 20th century.
POLITICS: Temple Row Sours Thai-Cambodian Ties - Again
- Inter Press Service
Thailand’s tempestuous relationship with its eastern neighbour Cambodia looks set to worsen, fuelled by the latest round of anger over the future of a 10th- century Hindu temple perched atop a steep cliff along the two countries’ border.
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Youth Vulnerable to Violence
- Inter Press Service
James Banda, 27, is an unemployed youth although he occasionally is hired to act as a bus conductor at Lusaka’s Kulima Tower Bus Station. He may not have a permanent job, but it is easy to find him. Anyone looking for him just has to go to the bus station and ask. Everyone knows who he is. Banda, or ‘ba-Jay’ as people call him, is a young man who commands a lot of respect from his friends — he is a thug for hire.
MEDIA-PHILIPPINES: Citizen Journalism Gets Public Involved
- Inter Press Service
Television news images of a phony policeman on a motorcycle escorting a sedan travelling against the flow of traffic — submitted by a passing motorist — is a sign of the changing face of journalism and public involvement in the Philippines.
BRAZIL: Football Paves the Way to Masculinity Without Violence
- Inter Press Service
It’s Friday night, and in a 'favela' (shanty town) in this Brazilian city, a group of men relax with a beer after a hard week, while a song can be heard above the rowdy chatter.
CHINA: A Year After Xinjiang Riots, Ethnic Tensions Simmer
- Inter Press Service
More than a year after the riots in China’s remote Xinjiang autonomous region, the country’s bloodiest ethnic clash in decades, calm has returned to the capital Urumqi. But the underlying tensions remain — tensions that Beijing will be forced to address as it moves forward in its campaign to develop the country’s west.
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