HUMAN WELFARE
Comoros: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
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MIDDLE EAST IN FOCUS
Muslim Brotherhood Bloggers Could Be Washington's New Hope
Joseph Mayton
'Anti-Porn' Bill Could Threaten Indonesian Women
Soe Tjen Marching
Israel Braces for Revenge Attacks
Mel Frykberg December 29, 2008

WORLD PERSPECTIVES - Human Trafficking
Human Trafficking Casts Shadow on Globalization
Michele A. Clark
Child Trafficking from Myanmar
Integrated Regional Information Networks
New Conviction Boosts Fight against Human Trafficking in Philippines
Integrated Regional Information Networks

 

FOOD
The 'Pay as You Can' Cafe
Chris Gergen and Gregg Vanourek
Ghraoui and the Chocolate Factory
Alia Yunis

HEALTH
Synthetic 'Dust' May Replace Bone Grafts
Ann Geracimos

REVIEWS
Finding Humor and Tragedy in That Daily Ritual
Mirela Xanthaki
The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters
Rose George

Wise Words from a University Leader
Georgie Anne Geyer
Big Man on Campus: A University President Speaks Out on Higher Education
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg

It All Boils Down to Practice
Joanne McNeil
Outliers: The Story of Success
Malcolm Gladwell

A Concise, Complete U.S. History
John R. Coyne Jr.
A Short History of the United States
Robert V. Remini

The Huey and the Men It Carried
James Srodes
Gunbird Driver: A Marine Huey Pilot's War in Vietnam
David A. Ballentine

What the Lions Had in Common
Martin Rubin
The Same Man: George Orwell and Evelyn Waugh in Love and War
David Lebedoff

WRITERS AND WRITING
Henry David Thoreau and Transcendental Reformation
Michael Timko

FILM
Pride and Glory and the War on Terror
Thomas Houlahan

PERSPECTIVES
Surrealism: The Alternate Reality
Fred Stern

SCIENTISTS: PAST AND PRESENT
Scientists Join Forces for Regional Fisheries Research
Jessica Smits
Girl Power in Greenland: Four Women ‘Winter Over’ in the Arctic
Colleen Heck

HERITAGE
Martin Luther King Day: The Fight to be Recognized
Jackie Zimmermann
I, Marble Maiden
Frank L. Holt

WORLD OF WORK
Bolivia: Aymara Traders Mix Tradition and Modern-Day Savvy
Franz Chávez

REMEMBERING HISTORY
Slave's Heroism Recognized
Paul N. Herbert

TALES OF FIRE AND STRIFE
Roosevelt Family Divides during Civil War
Ken Kryvoruka

VOICES FROM THE PAST
Slaves Aware of War's Stakes
John Lockwood