Kushti Wrestling: India's Ancient Alternative to WWE
Traditional Indian wrestling is more than a sport. Sure, there are spectators (who often place bets on the matches and reward their favorite wrestlers with tips); there are rules (if your back touches the ground, you lose); and intense training for the athletes. But kushti is also a way of life.
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Categories: India, Watch, Poverty and Development
A Nice Day for a Green WeddingSouth African city struggles to sell environmentalism to the rich
Think environmentalism is a luxury? In South Africa, green companies struggle to convince the upper classes that an eco-friendly lifestyle isn't just for the poor.
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Categories: South Africa, Read, The Environment
College DreamsSeattle's immigrant youth forge new pathways to higher education
For many immigrant and refugee families, college is a sign that the American Dream is within reach. While many first generation immigrants have not attended college themselves, they hope their children will have the opportunity, and see higher education as a gateway to economic and social success. But many of these families lack the resources needed to apply and pay for college. First or second generation immigrants are twice as likely to drop out of high school as other youth. This video follows two young people in Seattle as they work to gain a college education.
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Categories: Pacific Northwest, Watch, Read, Education, Poverty and Development
Seattle Globalist
Facebook co-founder claims globalist status to avoid taxes
Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin is catching heat from US senators for renouncing his American citizenship to avoid taxes. Saverin was born in Brazil, moved to the US at age 11, became a citizen at 16, and founded Facebook with Mark Zuckerberg while at Harvard. Then after all that stuff you saw in The Social Network [...]
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Travel Technology: What gadgets (not) to bring on your trip
When it comes to packing for an international trip, I’ve always tried to live by the maxim, “if you’d be heartbroken to lose it, don’t bring it.” That means I’ll never take along my favorite old comfy T-shirt no matter how much I’d like to have it with me, for fear that it would be [...]
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Ambassador Locke woos dissidents and confounds Chinese government
China still doesn’t know what to make of Gary Locke. The former Washington Governor-turned-US Ambassador has raised eyebrows in the PRC lately due to his high-profile involvement in the ongoing saga of escaped human rights lawyer Chen Guangcheng. Locke put himself directly and vigorously into the fray by escorting the blind human rights activist from [...]
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South Seattle immigrant communities fight uphill battle for transportation
Getting from point A to point B isn’t easy for 68-year-old Tuyet Mhi Mai. Especially when those points are her daughter’s crowded Lake City home and service classes or work in South Seattle. Since the King County Metro reduced bus route 42 because it runs parallel to the Light Rail, Mai’s commute is a little more [...]
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The international fight for gay rights comes to Seattle
The national conversation about LGBT rights has reached a fever pitch. On Wednesday, President Obama confirmed his opinion that same-sex marriage should be legal, becoming the first sitting president to publicly support one of the most controversial civil rights issues of our time. Just the day before, North Carolinians voted to ban same-sex marriages, partnerships and civil unions, becoming the [...]
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