By Roberto Lopez It is September 12. Today I helped 21-year-old José, who had crossed illegally into Texas from Mexico with his family at age five, renew a request that the U.S. government delay his deportation and allow him to continue to work. For the third time in...
The 2016 U.S. election woke up many young Americans who, like me, had limited their political participation to voting in presidential elections. Protesters demonstrate in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy, Los Angeles, 5 September...
Visiting Ukraine, would I find a grim, tense nation shaking off its Soviet past and at war with itself? I discovered a vibrant society and hopeful youth. “Heavenly Hundred” Memorial. (Photo by Bernd Debusmann, Jr.) Landing in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev...
Since this installment was posted in October, this story has been published by Explorer’s Eye Press in “Exceptional Encounters: Enhanced Reality Tales from Southeast Asia”. It is available for purchase here. This is the final chapter of a four-part story...
Since this installment was posted in October, this story has been published by Explorer’s Eye Press in “Exceptional Encounters: Enhanced Reality Tales from Southeast Asia”. It is available for purchase here. This is the third part of a four-chapter story...
Since this installment was posted in October, this story has been published by Explorer’s Eye Press in “Exceptional Encounters: Enhanced Reality Tales from Southeast Asia”. It is available for purchase here. This is the second part of a four-chapter story...
Since this installment was posted in October, this story has been published by Explorer’s Eye Press in “Exceptional Encounters: Enhanced Reality Tales from Southeast Asia”. It is available for purchase here. This is the first part of a four-chapter story...
By Carolyn Woodruff Science Magazine published an article last month by a team of scientists and public policy researchers examining the economic costs of climate change on each of the 50 U.S. states. Their conclusion? States in the South will suffer more economic...
The United States is the richest nation in the world with many millions of poor. I’m baffled more has not been done to spread this extraordinary wealth. A homeless person sleeps on a bench in Santa Monica, California, 10 May 2017.(EPA/Mike Nelson) Here’s a...
(Photos by Emma Bapt) By Emma Bapt My impulse to share images of a trip to Vietnam drives this photo gallery. I don’t want to leave these pictures sleeping on my hard disk. I want them to travel, to be seen. The portraits capture my encounters with children, men and...