by Katharine Daniels Executive Editor This commentary was originally published on Silent Heroes, Invisible Bridges and has been republished on The WIP under Creative Commons licenses. -Ed. Does the successful bin Laden mission prove that U.S. values as a nation …
by Jessica Mosby –USA– In today’s technologically connected world, there are few places completely absent from the 24 hours a day 7 days a week international news cycle. One of those places is Burma, now known as Myanmar. For more …
Burma Soldier, A Call for Democracy from a Silent Country Read more »
by Aloosh Devrim –Syria– Farewells are generally emotional but not as great as we experienced this evening. It had not been a social visit with family friends. The family of four, including two handsome boys, had escaped the military witch-hunt …
by Jessica Mosby –USA– Footage from Nazi propaganda films are some of the most recognizable historical documentation of World War II and the Holocaust. In 1942, a 60 minute unfinished film titled “Ghetto” was made in Warsaw, Poland. The raw …
Unstaged Life in the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII: A Film Unfinished Read more »
by Wazhmah Osman – Afghanistan/USA – Today Afghanistan finds itself in a state of collapse and at the center of a powerful network of global terrorism. Kabul is a city filled with anxiety, insecurity, instability, trauma, and uncertainty; lost souls …
Violence Breeds Violence: “Afghanistan without bombs and burqas” Read more »
by Mandy Van Deven – India – During the year she taught Russian literature at the University of Peradeniya in Kandy, Sri Lanka, Arizona University professor Adele Barker found herself more comfortable in the role of perpetual learner than educator. …
“Deeply Divided”: Sri Lanka through the Eyes of Adele Barker Read more »
by Dr. Emel Baştürk Akca – Turkey – “We mothers, whose hearts are burning, have come together so that there will be no more pain. We do not want our children to die.” These words belong to Nurten Ekinci, a …
by Moira Birss – Colombia – The sparse media coverage of Colombia tends only to give vague descriptions of a violent country with a thriving drug trade. But I’ve come to understand in my 15 months living and working here …
by Patricia Vásquez Managing Editor, The WIP – USA – Think about it. The headlines scream it out. Lives of unspeakable pain and loss. And usually it is women, the caretakers of children and a vulnerable population by themselves, bear …
The State of Today’s World: Lives of Unspeakable Pain and Loss Create Heroes Every Day Read more »
by D-L Nelson – France – Old wars are usually forgotten as soon as new wars make headlines. The war fought in Bosnia between March 1992 and November 1995 is such a war. In a conflict whose politics were as …