Last blog of 2013! With a little help from Steven Strogatz at the New York Times, Annalee Newitz at io9 puzzles through the mystery and consistency of Zipf’s law, formulated by a linguist in 1949, which accurately predicts rank and frequency, power and size relations in everything from languages to cities to bodies. She …
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You might never guess it’s the same public who led a feminist media blackout in the 90s, refusing to speak to news outlets out of a well-earned distrust, because Kathleen Hanna is everywhere! Despite their having published a condescending piece on her in 1992, Hanna has a friendly interview with USA Today where she talks about the filming of the Punk …
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Our hearts go out to all the victims and survivors of Typhoon Haiyan. You can support UNICEF’s efforts to deliver supplies to children and their families online or by texting RELIEF to 864233 to donate $10. Warren Faidley, storm survival expert, talks to Radio Australia about the almost unprecedented strength of Haiyan, which meant that “A lot of the …
Bill Moyers profiles Annie Leonard and her Story of Solutions video. At GreenBiz, Stacey Malkan records her reflections on her activism after watching Annie Leonard’s Story of Solutions. Whether she’s fighting against cosmetic toxicity or toward labeling genetically modified ingredients in our nation’s food supply, Malkin found Leonard’s 9 minute video “leaves us with …
Enrique Morones goes to Hollywood! In Detained in the Desert, Morones portrays Enrique Martinez, a character hybridizing the late human rights activist Roberto Martinez and Morones himself. “They wanted to make it as realistic as possible and George Clooney wasn’t available,” he cracks. It premiered at the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival, and we wish all …
In the wake of the announcement that Tokyo, not Istanbul, will host the 2020 Olympics, Arsalan Iftikhar over at Time outlines historically unfair patterns of selection and makes a compelling case for the International Olympic Committee to select a Muslim-majority country to host Olympic games. We’ve known how to cure it for centuries, so …
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SXSW Eco has announced Annie Leonard as the 2012 Keynote… Arsalan Iftikhar writes, “Romney should avoid pandering to anti-Muslim sentiments“… The Nashua Telegraph features “Silence isn’t golden with equal pay law” by Lilly Ledbetter… Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson is interviewed in “Neil deGrasse Tyson on Space Mining , NASA’s Future, and American Space Exploration“…
Read an interview with Arsalan Iftikhar, ” The Ghandi Files: Arsalan Iftikhar talks about his new book, Islamic Pacifism“… Treehugger feature with Kyle Thiermann, “Pro Surfer Kyle Thiermann Talks Nuclear Power in South Africa with Kelly Slater, Van Jones and Foster Gamble“… ARC President Rinku Sen addressed the topic of Deportation & Child Welfare on …
Arsalan Iftikhar’s recent column on Lowe’s contorversy from the TLC reality show “All-American Muslim” was named ‘Quote of the Day’ on CNN’s Belief Blog… The “Nanny” Fran Drescher has joined Sandra Steingraber and the fight against fracking… The “5 best books about John Lennon” from The Christian Science Monitor features Tim Riley’s “Lennon: The Man, …
Arn Chorn-Pond along with Waterek Productions and CLA are working on Waterek Our Village Concert… Edith Widder explains the definition of Bioluminescence in the article “Bioluminescence lights up the creatures of the ocean.“… NASA & Federal Budget, hear what Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson has to say… Arsalan Iftikhar, “The Muslim Guy” latest novel reviewed in …
This weeks ‘Shop Talk’ on NPR features Arsalan Iftikhar… Neil deGrasse Tyson knows how “Astrophysics and Comedy Bond in Brooklyn”… “Kilroy is here, ready to do its part for clean water, for ORCA of Fort Pierce”, explains Edith Widder… Sandra Steingraber winner of The Heinz Award, plans to devote award money to fight fracking… Enrique …
New America Media Radio features Richard Rodriguez on 9/11… Extraordinary WomenTV with Shannon Skinner, guest Emily Hunter… Features in The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, The Daily Beast and Sun Sentinel from Arsalan Iftikhar and his thought on 9/11… Rinku Sen feature in Colorlines – “The 9/11 Story I Choose to Tell: We All Belong to …
CNN.com Feature by Arsalan Iftikhar – For Muslims, a reason to rejoice About A.I. Arsalan Iftikhar is an international human rights lawyer, global media commentator and founding managing editor of TheCrescentPost.com. As the founder of TheMuslimGuy.com, Arsalan has been a regular weekly political commentator/legal analyst for the National Public Radio (NPR) show “Tell Me More” …