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Should We Dump the Absentee Ballot?

Critics say a system that obliges many of the nation's 18 million college students to vote from afar is inaccurate, insecure, and just plain annoying.
By Andrew Fisher.

India: Children Today—Citizens Tomorrow!

India's current economic growth will not be sustainable if the government continues to neglect children. What is needed is good education and health care facilities for every child.
By K. Brouwers and A. Bharadwaj.

Loving Hip-Hop in Morocco

In Morocco on a 2004 Fulbright fellowship to research hip-hop, Josh Asen, then 24, impulsively abandoned the idea of writing a paper—too dry—and decided to make a film instead.
From NYU Livewire.

Profile: Sierra Leone's Chief National Electoral Commissioner Dr. Christiana Thorpe

The mild-mannered former nun displayed an iron will in helping to guide her country to a successful, multi-party election. By Michael Davies-Venn.

What I Learned in a Ghanaian Shack

New York University student Sarah Lynch didn't expect to work while studying abroad in Ghana, West Africa. Then a sign perched in the window of a local 'snack shack' in the capital, Accra, drew her in.

Passage to India

Writer Shelley Seale provides a detailed account of an emotional, paradigm-changing trip she took on a volunteer mission over to India, and the rapturous reception given by the children in an orphanage located in the city of Bhubaneswar.

Book Review: In Exile

Forced to leave their ancestral lands and property in India, displaced Kashmiri Hindus or "Pandits," as they are known, were rendered refugees in their own country. A book of short stories details their plight. By Aishwarya Pillai.

Teaching English in China: One Expat's Experience

"As a foreign expert English instructor, I'm scheduled for up to 30 classes a week and spend most of my free time planning lessons."
By Tom Carter.

Swatting Flies and Saving the World

U.S. students are branching out to places like Niger, Kazakhstan or China, taking a bite out of more traditional study abroad programs. An increasing number are looking beyond destinations in Western Europe and Australia.

Book Review and Interview: 'Point of No Return'

Interviewer Lila Rajiva has a conversation with Andre Vltchek, the author of an international novel of intrigue, about the book and his career as an international journalist.

Photo Essay: The Canadian Family Farm

Though it has a long and enduring history, the Canadian family farm is under threat by competition from cheap foreign producers and subsidies granted by the United States government to American farmers. By Mark Spowart.

Profile of Plantu, French Cartoonist

Jean Plantureux, known professionally as Plantu, is a cartoonist specializing in political satire. His work has frequently appeared in the French newspaper Le Monde since 1972.
By Virginie Drujon-Kippelen.

Photography by Bruce Davidson

"Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever," warned Civil Rights Movement icon Martin Luther King, Jr. The images on display in the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, located in Paris, France, remind us of this simple truth.
By Brent Gregston.