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Catching Up with an Old Friend...
Imran Vittachi, Class of 2003, has just launched his first blogging endeavor, Lanka Peace Watch, which is about post-war Sri Lanka. Here's Imran's latest blog entry. It details his 1996 brush with a Tamil Tiger operative who, 13 years later, still is wanted by Interpol but has taken on a new role as the defeated Tigers' de facto leader.
Posted June 30, 2009

Saying No to Dowry
Emma Cott, class of 2009, writes in India's foremost English language newspaper,The Hindu Sunday Magazaine, about a website that is tackling India's dowry system, one couple at a time.
Posted June 30, 2009

War Zones - From Afghanistan To East Oakland
Huda Ahmed,class of 2010, writes in San Francisco Chronicle/ SFGate about refugees try to assimilate to the new life in U.S. and the challenges they face.
Posted June 29, 2009

Financial Help For Women with Breast Cancer
Angela J. Bass, class of 2010, writes about Baltimore health nonprofit The Red Devils for The Baltimore Sun.
Posted June 29, 2009

LA Press Club Awards
Los Angeles Press Club picked Tom Tugend, '50, for two international journalism awards in June. Tom received a first place award in the entertainment feature category for a humorous interview with Carl and Rob Reiner, and a third place in the news feature category. Both articles appeared in the Jerusalem Post, Israel's English-language daily.
Posted June 22, 2009

Antillean Creole Taught in Paris
Jacob Fenston, class of 2010, reports on how a Paris high school teacher is rethinking the boundaries of French identity and history with the first-ever Antillean Creole language classes in public schools.
Posted June 15, 2009

When in...Seville
Nick Burns, class of 2010, wrote a gay travel guide to Seville for Out Magazine.
Posted June 12, 2009

All Roads Lead To The Valley
California's high-tech sector remains a magnet for foreign-born entrepreneurs. David Gelles, class of 2008, writes about their challenges and opportunities for The Financial Times.
Posted May 18, 2009

Gadgets You Can't Live Without
Steven Leckart, class of 2007, was profiled on Crosscurents and Morning Edition on KALW 97.1 FM for his work as a Contributing Editor at Boing Boing Gadgets.
Posted May 16, 2009

Chengdu Calling: Rock Fest Rings in Quake Anniversary
GlobalPost multimedia reporter Josh Chin, class of 2007, explores China's first "consciousness-raising" rock festival, held in the capital of Sichuan Province, on the eve of Sichuan earthquake's first anniversary.
Posted May 13, 2009

Garden of Earthly Delights
Rebecca Ruiz, class of '06, profiles a Portland, Ore. man who has made a business out of his love for plant collecting and breeding. The article is online and also appears in the May 25th issue of Forbes.
Posted May 13, 2009

Graduating Student Wins East Bay Press Club Award
Sierra Filucci, class of 2009, is the recipient of the 2009 East Bay Press Club award for college journalists.
Posted May 13, 2009

Searching for Kosovo's Missing
Ten years after the war, Michael Montgomery returns to investigate the disappearances of Serbs allegedly kidnapped and killed by ethnic Albanians. Carrie Ching, class of 2005, and Brian Pollack, class of 2008, co-produced this episode of The Investigators, CIR's new web-video series highlighting investigative reporting around the world.
Posted April 21, 2009

The Global Downturn Lands With a Zud on Mongolia's Nomads
Josh Chin, class of 2007, documents Mongolia's version of the subprime lending crisis (it isn't just about real estate anymore) in photo and video for The Wall Street Journal.
Posted April 19, 2009

The Desert That Breaks Annie Proulx's Heart
Emma Brown, class of '09, writes for High Country News about Wyoming's little-known Red Desert and its chronicler, the author Annie Proulx.
Posted April 15, 2009

You Decide Who Gets California's Water
While California's politicians try to decide what to do about the drought state of emergency, Lisa Pickoff-White asks you to take a step back and consider what you would do with California's water supply in an interactive game and print piece for the San Francisco Chronicle.
Posted April 12, 2009

Panama Fights Cervical Cancer
Panama's new program for providing the HPV vaccine for free has seen surprisingly little controversy. But that lack of opposition raises a new set of concerns. Karen Weise, class of 2010, reports for the public radio show The World.
Posted April 6, 2009

U.S. Claims Missile Test Gear Seized En Route To Syria
Mary Spicuzza, class of 2003, writes about the curious case of suspected ballistic missile testing equipment that was seized in Dubai before reaching Syria, and has been forfeited to the U.S. government, for AssetForfeitureWatch.com.
Posted April 6, 2009

Portraits of Invisible Men
Adam Shemper, class of 2004, spent a year (in 2000) visiting the state penitentiary in Angola, Louisiana, where he photographed and documented the daily life of prisoners. Selected images from this series, Portraits of Invisible Men, have recently been posted on MotherJones.com and will be published in the May/June 2009 issue of the magazine.
Posted March 26, 2009

Teachers Who Changed My Life
Patrick Keeffe, class of 1981, writes in On Wisconsin, the UW-Madison alumni magazine, about the two veteran journalists who inspired him to become a reporter—before his inspiration continued at Berkeley.
Posted March 23, 2009

Construction Deaths
Alexandra Berzon, class of 2006, has been writing for the last year in the Las Vegas Sun about construction deaths on the Las Vegas Strip. Her series recently won the Roy W. Howard public service reporting award from the Scripps Howard Foundation. Berzon was also listed as a finalist for an American Society of Newspaper Editors award.
Posted March 16, 2009

Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority
Kimberlee (Bortfeld) Bassford, class of 2003, is screening her documentary Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority in the Bay Area on March 15, 18 and 21 during the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival and on April 1 during the San Francisco Women's Film Festival. The film will air nationwide on PBS in May.
Posted March 11, 2009

Americans Retire Abroad
Retirement savings have fallen $2.8 trillion in the US. While some retirees are scratching their heads, others are picking up their passports. Karen Weise, class of 2010, reports from Panama for the public radio show Marketplace Money.
Posted March 9, 2009

Best Short Documentary
Zachary Stauffer, class of 2008, screened his thesis documentary "A Day Late in Oakland" at the Fargo Film Festival on March 4. The film about the 2007 murder of Chauncey Bailey won Best Short Documentary at the festival.
Posted March 5, 2009

Yelp And The Business of Extortion 2.0
Kathleen Richards, class of 2007, writes in the East Bay Express about local business owners who say that Yelp offers to hide negative customer reviews of their businesses on its web site... for a price.
Posted March 4, 2009

Police Shootings
Ali Winston, class of 2010, writes in Colorlines about officer-involved shootings and police-community tensions in Oakland, Calif.
Posted March 2, 2009

Expand Health Care Safety Net For Jobless
Patrick Keeffe, class of 1981, writes on CNN.com about the plight of workers who are left out of the stimulus plan's assistance with COBRA premiums if they, like him, lost their jobs before September 1, 2008.
Posted March 1, 2009

Terry Lynn
Madeleine Bair, class of 2010, reports for the public radio program, The World, about a Jamaican songwriter who raps about the injustices she observes in her Kingston community.
Posted February 23, 2009

**Hot SexXxy Young**
Produced by Cerissa Tanner, class of 2006, this documentary examines the rising tide of teen prostitution in Oakland.
Posted February 19, 2009

Mandarin Melodies
In a video for GlobalPost, Josh Chin ('07) profiles Abigal Washburn, a Nasville-based singer bringing bluegrass to Chinese people--in their own language.
Posted February 10, 2009

Changing How We Live and Eat, One Fig at a Time
Emma Brown, Class of 2009, writes in the San Francisco Chronicle about urban fruit forager Asiya Wadud, one of a growing number of people determined to keep city-grown food from going to waste.
Posted February 3, 2009

"Tulia, Texas" On PBS' Independent Lens Series
Cassandra Herrman and Kelly Whalen, class of 2001, co-produced and co-directed the documentary film "Tulia, Texas" about a miscarriage of justice in a West Texas town. National PBS broadcast scheduled February 10, 2009. (Check local listings)
Posted January 28, 2009

FRONTLINE/World Broadcast
FRONTLINE/World's January 27th broadcast on PBS was produced entirely by recent graduates of Berkeley. The three stories in the show are "Italy: Taking on the Mafia," produced by Carola Mamberto ('08), "Albania: Getting out of Gitmo," reported by Alexandra Poolos and Serene Fang ('04) and "Brazil: The Obama Samba," produced by Andres Cediel ('04).
Posted January 26, 2009

Tibetan Plateau in Peril
Michael Zhao, class of 2007, launches new web site, China Green, with former Dean Orville Schell at Asia Society on China's environmental challenges, kicking off the multimedia programming with a look at how significant the Tibetan Plateau's environment is to the billions of Asians.
Posted January 22, 2009

Hungry Start-ups On A Drastic Diet
As venture funding dries up, frugality and lean thinking are becoming highly prized among early-stage tech companies, writes Noah Buhayar (class of 2010) in an article for the Financial Times.
Posted January 22, 2009

Beijing Talks Barack
Josh Chin, class of 2007, helps launch the new online news site Global Post with a report on how people in China's capital view the United States in the wake of Barack Obama's election victory.
Posted January 16, 2009

A Case of Homicide: Interactive Map
Emilie Raguso, class of 2006, has helped create an interactive map of homicides for The Modesto Bee, where she has been a crime reporter since 2006. Emilie speaks about the project here.
Posted January 11, 2009

Beijing's Transition to Transit Heaven
For years, sprawling Beijing seemed destined to be another Los Angeles, with endless traffic jams and long commutes. But as Josh Chin, class of 2007, reports in this video for WSJ.com, the city has launched itself to the forefront of sustainable growth an ambitious new subway system.
Posted January 5, 2009

Emeryville Mayor Facing City, State Probes
Shaleece Haas, class of 2010, writes in the San Francisco Chronicle about investigations into the political and business activities of Emeryville's mayor.
Posted December 1, 2008

Marriage Fraud
Ali Winston, class of 2010, received a Justice and Community Award from CUNY-John Jay's Center on Media, Crime and Justice and the New York Media Alliance for this story for City Limits about a federal crackdown on suspected fraudulent marriages. The article was written for an Immigration and Crime Reporting Fellowship organized by CMCJ and NYCMA.
Posted November 19, 2008

A Dark Addiction
The Washington Post reporter Nick Miroff, class of 2006, has won a 2008 Nancy Dickerson Whitehead Award for this story about prescription painkiller abuse among coal miners in southwestern Virginia, where drug overdose deaths have become a public health crisis.
Posted November 19, 2008

Salmon Camp
Andi McDaniel, class of 2009, was awarded an Alaska Broadcasters Association Goldie Award for her piece about Dog Point Fish Camp in Sitka, Alaska. It aired on the Alaska Public Radio Network in June.
Posted November 16, 2008

Sex Offenders And The Challenge Of Parole
When felons leave state prison, they live under restricted conditions for about three years and are monitored by parole agents. These agents manage more than 120,000 parolees throughout the state. As part of a series on KALW's Crosscurrents on convict re-entry, Rina Palta, class of 2009, spent a day with a sex offender parole unit in Alameda County.
Posted November 13, 2008

Austrian, German Jews Struggle To Regain Numbers
Chris Bagley, class of 2004, writes in the San Francisco Chronicle about the sporadic growth of Austria's and Germany's Jewish communities since World War II. November 9 2008 was the 70th anniversary of the Nazis' Kristallnacht pogrom against Jews throughout the Third Reich.
Posted November 13, 2008

Amerikanischer Albtraum
Chris Bagley, class of 2004, wrote on the United States' financial crisis for Format, an Austrian business weekly. Format published several of Bagley's articles in September and October while he was in Vienna on a fellowship through the Washington-based International Center for Journalists and Austria's Kuratorium fuer Journalistenausbildung.
Posted November 13, 2008

Dollars and Change
Rhyen Coombs, Lisa Pickoff-White and Elizabeth Shemaria, class of 2009, created a multimedia story about how the Bay Area contributed to Barack Obama's campaign. The story appeared on Oakland North's website during their live blogging election coverage.
Posted November 10, 2008

"A First Rate Love All the Way"
Gaelle Faure, Marnette Federis, Lisa Pickoff-White and Elizabeth Shemaria, class of 2009, created a multimedia project for the San Francisco Bay Guardian about same-sex weddings before the vote on Prop 8. They followed a lesbian couple from Atlanta through their wedding day in San Francisco.
Posted November 4, 2008

Kenya: Sweet Home, Obama
For Frontline/World, Edwin Okong'o, (class of 2007), who is from the same western Kenya province as Sen. Barack Obama's father, returns home to explore the huge expectations behind the presidential candidate, and to wrestle with his own feelings about a country he left.
Posted October 31, 2008

Mayoral Campaign Illegally Recruited Students On Campus
Karen Weise, class of 2010, writes in the San Jose Mercury News about how the Mayor of Fremont's re-election campaign violated education law by recruiting 130 student volunteers on school grounds. Campaign staff offered recommendation letters from the Mayor himself, in addition to service learning credit and an "internship" program for resumes.
Posted October 29, 2008

Evidence Ignored: A Timeline
The Chauncey Bailey Project reports that the lead detective investigating Bailey's slaying is a supporter of Your Black Muslim Bakery and failed to document that he analyzed evidence of the bakery CEO's possible involvement in the murder. The story includes an interactive timeline produced by Carrie Ching, class of 2005.
Posted October 27, 2008

Labor Shortage On the High Seas
Around the globe there are not enough qualified workers to man superyachts. David Gelles, class of 2008, writes for The Miami Herald about efforts to train the next generation of crew.
Posted October 27, 2008

What's Up, Doc?
Steven Leckart, class of 2007, wrote for GOOD Magazine about HelloHealth, a Brooklyn-based medical practice that combines old-fashioned house calls with online consultations and electronic medical records. No health insurance necessary.
Posted October 24, 2008

The Future of Food: Hacking the Harvest
Steven Leckart, class of 2007, writes about next-gen farming techniques and the last 150 years of tractors for Wired Magazine's November cover package, "The Future of Food: How Science Will Solve the Next Global Crisis."
Posted October 21, 2008

Modesto Police Cracking Down On 'Head Shops'
Emilie Raguso, class of 2006, writes in the Modesto Bee about a fight between head shops and cops about whether a crack pipe is, well, just a crack pipe.
Posted October 16, 2008

'Laugh Out The Vote': Comics Get Political
Talia Kennedy, class of 2009, writes for the San Francisco Chronicle about a comedy show that pokes fun at the presidential election campaigns and candidates.
Posted October 15, 2008

Storm Struck
Laurie Burkitt, class of 2008, writes in Forbes about the money mess of hurricanes and homeowners' insurance.
Posted October 14, 2008

Neighborhood of Fear
Brett Wilkison, class of 2008, writes for the Visalia Times-Delta about a year-old unsolved murder and a family and detective's search for answers amid a surge of gang-related witness intimidation in California's Central Valley.
Posted October 13, 2008

'HyperREAL': Sara Kraft On Media Ubiquity
Talia Kennedy, class of 2009, writes for the San Francisco Chronicle about performance artist Sara Kraft's multimedia quest to interpret our culture's relationship with media, technology and hyperreality.
Posted October 9, 2008

Well-Paid Teachers? I'm On Board
Christine Gralow, class of 2003, writes for a New York Times education blog about a new charter school that will pay its teachers $125,000 to educate at-risk students.
Posted October 8, 2008

Who's Paying To Influence Voters In Your State?
Independent groups are pouring millions of dollars into election ad campaigns nationwide. The Secret Money Project, a joint initiative by the Center for Investigative Reporting and NPR, is tracking the money and forces behind them. Watch the ads and see who's paying for them in an interactive map produced by Carrie Ching, class of 2005.
Posted October 6, 2008

15-Minute Gene Machine
Mason Cohn, class of 2008, produced a piece for Fortune.com on Pacific Biosciences, a Silicon Valley company working on a fast DNA sequencer.
Posted October 2, 2008

Burma: The Resource Curse
Howard Hsu photographs and reports for PBS Frontline World on Burma's exotic wildlife trade and resource depletion fueled by China's surging economy.
Posted October 2, 2008

"A Day Late in Oakland"
"A Day Late in Oakland" the documentary thesis produced by Zachary Stauffer, class of 2008, will premiere at the Mill Valley Film Festival this week. The film about the murder of Oakland journalist Chauncey Bailey will screen with other short documentaries on October 3 and October 11. Tickets can be purchased at the festival website.
Posted September 30, 2008

Open Up the Airwaves
Steven Leckart, class of 2007, interviews venture capitalist Ram Shriram about wireless spectrum policy in Wired Magazine's Smart List issue, which features "15 People the Next President Should Listen To."
Posted September 29, 2008

This Old Recyclable House
Jon Mooallem, class of 2006, writes in The New York Times Magazine about the piece-by-piece deconstruction of foreclosed homes in Cleveland.
Posted September 28, 2008

Food Waste
What happens to our food waste? Beth Hoffman investigates for San Francisco public radio station KALW.
Posted September 20, 2008

A Turf Battle Over Safety
Two Florida companies are being sued for failing to disclose that their artificial grass contains lead chromate. David Gelles, class of 2008, writes about turf wars for the The Miami Herald.
Posted September 19, 2008

A Holiday in Iran
Omid Memarian, class of 2009, in an interview with blogger and globe-trotter Michelle May, goes through her 6 weeks experience inside Iran.
Posted September 18, 2008

Hezbollah's Triumph Is Blowback for Israeli Policy
Omid Memarian, class of 2009, in an interview with Deborah Campbell for IPS News Agency explains why since the Israel-Lebanon 34-day war two years ago,Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has been the most popular figure anywhere in the Arab world.
Posted September 17, 2008

The Transgender Child
Talia Kennedy, class of 2009, writes for the San Francisco Chronicle about a new book for parents of transgender children.
Posted September 17, 2008

Acting Tough: When Cameras Leave, OSHA Penalties Wither
Robert Lewis, class of 2008, writes for ProPublica about what happens to the big OSHA fines after the press conferences end and the cases move to the lawyers, bureaucrats and a politically-appointed adjudicative body.
Posted September 17, 2008

The Trash King of New Orleans
Rebecca Ruiz, class of 2006, recently covered Hurricane Gustav for Forbes.com. For The Trash King of New Orleans, she accompanied the owner of a local waste management company as he cleaned up the French Quarter.
Posted September 17, 2008

Pressure To Settle OSHA Cases Endangers Workers
Robert Lewis, class of 2008, writes in Salon about what happens to those big, newsworthy OSHA fines when the TV cameras leave and the cases move to the lawyers, bureaucrats and a politically-appointed adjudicative body.
Posted September 16, 2008

Scraper Bike Fever Spreads, Thanks To YouTube
Jacob Fenston, class of 2009, reports for NPR Weekend Edition on a group of Oakland teenagers who've garnered a cult following for their YouTube music video about tricked-out bicycles.
Posted September 16, 2008

A Cloud of Smoke
Jennifer Kahn's article about the forensic controversy over a politically-charged death -- the first "dust death" associated with the recovery effort at Ground Zero -- appears in the Sept 15 issue of The New Yorker.
Posted September 15, 2008

Carny Girl Heads to Coney Island
Carny Girl, a documentary produced and directed by Erin FitzGerald, class of 2008, has been accepted to the Coney Island Film Festival. The documentary short follows the lives of four generations of carnival women and will screen Saturday afternoon, September 27th. For more information about tickets and showtimes, contact the festival website.
Posted September 14, 2008

Golden Harvest
Mary Spicuzza, class of 2003, heads to Humboldt County and follows the tax dollars from California's budding medical marijuana industry for ABC News
Posted September 5, 2008

Wanted: African-born Republicans
Edwin Okong'o, class of 2007, writes for Frontline/World about a Nigerian-born businessman who -- unlike most African immigrants in the U.S. -- refuses to be "a Democrat by default." Robert Ngwu will resist the Obama-mania that has swept through the African Diaspora to vote for Sen. John McCain in November.
Posted September 5, 2008

Georgia: Saakashvili Asked To Step Down
Omid Memarian, class of 2008, writes for IPS News Agency about Russia-Georgia conflict, after a security council meeting and the United Nations early this month.
Posted August 29, 2008

US/Iran: Nothing Behind U.S. Allegations?
Omid Memarian, class of 2008, writes in IPS News Agency at the United Nations about the failure of U.S. officials to provide solid evidences for accusing Iran of providing lethal weapons in Iraq...
Posted August 29, 2008

Clearing The Air
The Olympic Games had focused the world's attention on Beijing's air pollution. Now the question will be, will the blue skies stay or the city will return to smoggy skyline? Check out the "Room with a View" to see yourself whether today, or any day in the year, is a blue sky day or not.
Posted August 28, 2008

Looking Back On The Beijing Olympics
Josh Chin, class of 2007, has just finished producing a series of reports as part of the Wall Street Journal's video team in Beijing.
Posted August 26, 2008

Teaching Cars To Sing
Charlie Foster, class of 2008, writes for Forbes.com about a Silicon Valley start-up that is designing the urban soundscapes of the near future.
Posted August 21, 2008

Politics: U.N.'s Darfur Force Left Stranded, Critics Say
Omid Memarian, class of 2009, writes for IPS News Agency from the U.N. about a coalition of human rights groups and NGOs that criticized the world body and the international community for failing to back up the U.N. mission with basic equipment in Darfur...
Posted August 21, 2008

Black and African
Amy Jeffries, class of 2008, has produced a half-hour radio documentary exploring the tensions between African immigrants and black Americans through the eyes of a Nigerian teenager growing up in Oakland, Calif. The documentary airs this week on the national radio program Making Contact. Check your local listings. or listen online.
Posted August 20, 2008

Author Of "Rancho Costa Nada" On How To Not Spend Money
Novella Carpenter, class of 2007, relays money-saving tips from a "seasoned veteran of cheapness" for the San Francisco Chronicle.
Posted August 18, 2008

Beijing Beat
WashingtonPost.com published Beijing Beat, a Center for Digital TV and the World report by Marnette Federis, Julie Johnson, Alison Satake, Ian Sherr, Kerry Seed and April Dembosky. Web design by Lisa Pickoff-White. Field work by Adelaide Chen. Their stories explore the lives of Chinese in the Bay Area and in Beijing. Todd Carrel taught the class.
Posted August 14, 2008

Mideast: Poverty In Gaza Hits "Unprecedented" Level
Omid Memarian, class of 2009, writes from the United Nations for IPS News Agency, about how in both the West Bank and Gaza, young people aged 15 to 24 are the most likely of any group to be unemployed, while the number of households in Gaza below the poverty line has reached an historic high of nearly 52 percent.
Posted August 13, 2008

Rights: Iran Condemned For Ongoing Juvenile Executions
Omid Memarian, class of 2009, writes from the United Nations for IPS News Agency, about execution of two juvenile offenders in Iran, who were under 18 at the time of their crime...
Posted August 13, 2008

China: Greening Of The Games
Omid Memarian, class of 2009, writes from the United Nations for IPS News Agency, about the Games and how it will have a positive environmental legacy if the new environmental standards and measures taken for Beijing are adopted countrywide.
Posted August 13, 2008

J-schoolers Contribute To Greater Good
The latest issue of Greater Good magazine, edited by Jason Marsh, class of 2005, includes a piece by Emilie Raguso, class of 2006, on efforts to teach mindfulness meditation to expectant parents, and one by Talia Kennedy, class of 2009, on research suggesting that a strong social network might help prevent heart attacks.
Posted August 13, 2008

Future of Peten
In July 2008, Kara Andrade, class of 2007,and three Northern California journalists traveled to Petén, Guatemala with a travel grant from the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting to report on eco-tourism, conservation and to document the stories of residents caught up in a transnational conflict over the fate of Guatemala's disappearing northern wilderness.
Posted August 12, 2008

Flipping For Domains
Charlie Foster, class of 2008, writes for Forbes.com about the thriving aftermarket for Internet domains.
Posted August 11, 2008

Group Is There When Youths Go Homeless
Robin Urevich, class of 2009, writes in the Las Vegas Sun about how teenagers fall through the cracks of the Clark County child welfare system.
Posted August 10, 2008

Development: Progress On Water, Less On Sanitation
Omid Memarian, class of 2009, writes for IPS News Agency about the UNICEF's latest report on situation of water and sanitation in the world that says the number of people globally who lack access to an improved drinking water source has fallen below one billion for the first time since data was compiled in 1990.
Posted August 7, 2008

Can A Friend A Day Keep The Doctor Away?
Talia Kennedy, class of 2009, writes for Greater Good magazine about a study that suggests that a person's health is dependent on where he or she lives.
Posted August 4, 2008

Tehran Open To U.S. Interests
Omid Memarian, class of 2009, interviews a Rutgers University Professor for Asia Times who is in Tehran and is perceived as the symbol of this relationship, talking to Iranian officials about the US-Iran relations.
Posted July 31, 2008

Zimbabwe: Fears Grow that Sanctions Could Derail Mediation
Omid Memarian, class od 2009, writes for IPS News Agency about U.S. and European efforts to achieve unanimity among the 15-member U.N. Security Council to adopt a sanctions resolution against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe...
Posted July 31, 2008

Plug-In Cars Zoom Forward
Sarah Terry-Cobo, class of 2008, writes for Forbes.com about California activist Felix Kramer, who is leading the charge for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
Posted July 31, 2008

Blogging Behind Bars
An immigrant drug lord lands in America's worst jail, and lives to blog about it. David Gelles, class of 2008, writes for Mother Jones about the case of Shaun Attwood.
Posted July 30, 2008

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