Wednesday, June 04th, 2014
In Cuba, technology may beat censorship
BY ANDRES OPPENHEIMERThe Miami Herald Published: May 30, 2014Cuba’s first major independent newspaper in more than five decades — a digitaldaily called 14ymedio — was quickly blocked within the island last week, but thebig question is for how long the country’s regime will be able to maintain itsmonopoly on the news media.Yoani Sanchez, the prominent Cuban blogger who launched the new digital… [Read Full Article]Education Travel,Global Community,Global Education,Peace Works Travel,Peace Works Travel Upcoming Trips,Power to the Peaceful,Student Travel Tips
Tuesday, June 03th, 2014
Arn Chorn Pond - Everyone has a Story
Most of Arn Chorn's family was killed during the Cambodian genocide. At age ten he had slaved in a work camp, witnessing wide-scale starvation and murder. When the North Vietnamese invaded Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge forced him to become a soldier until he escaped on foot through the jungle in Thailand.Watch the video here. [Read Full Article]Education Travel,education travel programs,Global Community,Global Education,Live Learn Travel,Peace Works Travel,Power to the Peaceful
Monday, June 02th, 2014
Vincent Harding, 82, Civil Rights Author and Associate of Dr. King, Dies
Vincent Harding, a historian, author and activist who wrote one of the most polarizing speeches ever given by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in which Dr. King expressed ardent opposition to the Vietnam War, died on Monday in Philadelphia. He was 82.His death, from an aneurysm, was confirmed by the Iliff School of Theology in Denver, where he… [Read Full Article]Education Travel,Global Community,Global Education,Peace Works Travel,Peace Works Travel,Power to the Peaceful