Enlarge Frank Langfitt/NPR Authorities in Hunan province sentenced Tang Hui to 18 months in a re-education through labor camp after she repeatedly complained about the way police investigated the case of her daughter’s kidnapping and forced prostitution. An uproar on Weibo, China’s answer to Twitter, pushed authorities to free Tang a week and a half […]
A grand bargain, a compromise to avert the so-called fiscal cliff, could all come down to one word: revenue. It’s now widely agreed that steering away from the cliff — the combination of spending cuts and tax increases set to hit at the start of the year — will require some combination of revenue increases
Enlarge image The National Restaurant Association says getting restaurants to focus on the food waste problem is a big challenge. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The National Restaurant Association says getting restaurants to focus on the food waste problem is a big challenge. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images A row of restaurants in the Cleveland Park neighborhood of Washington,
Lindsay Lazarski/Newsworks.org A letter from 1947 written by Dorothy Fallon to Lynn Farnham washed up on the shore in Atlantic Highlands, N.J., after Hurricane Sandy. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY) Enlarge Lindsay Lazarski for NPR Katheleen Chaney reads one of the love letters she found on the beach near her home in New Jersey after Superstorm Sandy. Lindsay
This is the time of year when people all over the country are coming together and getting food to needy families, but for one community in Manchester, N.H., private acts of charity aren’t just a holiday tradition — they are a display of anarchist and libertarian principles. On a recent day, about 50 people gathered
Enlarge John Minchillo/AP A member of the Red Cross distributes food to residents of Coney Island affected by Superstorm Sandy in the Brooklyn, N.Y., on Nov. 9. John Minchillo/AP A member of the Red Cross distributes food to residents of Coney Island affected by Superstorm Sandy in the Brooklyn, N.Y., on Nov. 9. More than
Enlarge Thomas Hartwell/AP Leading democracy advocate Mohammed ElBaradei speaks to journalists about Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi’s move to grant himself sweeping powers to “protect the revolution.” Thomas Hartwell/AP Leading democracy advocate Mohammed ElBaradei speaks to journalists about Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi’s move to grant himself sweeping powers to “protect the revolution.” Prominent Egyptian democracy advocate
Enlarge Ed Andrieski/AP Legalized marijuana in Colorado and Washington state may open the door to a new kind of tourism. Ed Andrieski/AP Legalized marijuana in Colorado and Washington state may open the door to a new kind of tourism. On Election Day, voters in Colorado and Washington state legalized the use of marijuana for recreational
Enlarge Ross D. Franklin/AP Pedestrians cross the street in Nogales, Mexico, near the border with Arizona. A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and killed a 16-year-old boy who was throwing rocks near the border fence last month. Ross D. Franklin/AP Pedestrians cross the street in Nogales, Mexico, near the border with Arizona. A U.S. Border
Enlarge Michigan State University William Beal, standing at center, started a long-term study on seed germination in 1879. He buried 20 bottles with seeds in them for later researchers to unearth and plant. Michigan State University William Beal, standing at center, started a long-term study on seed germination in 1879. He buried 20 bottles with
Phil Moore/AFP/Getty Images To escape fighting, thousands of civilians flee the town of Sake in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Thursday. Rebels captured Sake and made other advances in the area this week. Eastern Congo and the larger region have been the scene of frequent fighting over the past
Enlarge Abed Al-Kareem Muhammad/Shaam News Network/HOReuters /Landov A man walks near buildings damaged after shelling by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar Assad, at Harasta, a suburb of Damascus, on Nov. 19. Abed Al-Kareem Muhammad/Shaam News Network/HOReuters /Landov A man walks near buildings damaged after shelling by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar Assad, at