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Read or Alive explores our diffuse media ecosystem with the goal of highlighting photos, videos, and stories covering some of the most pressing concerns we face in the 21st century.
Media - As has been said throughout history, the price of liberty is eternal vigilance. Call it the free press, the 4th estate, or even just the media; it is our primary tool for informing and communicating with one another, as well as holding the powers-that-be accountable to the citizenry.
Security - Across the globe, citizens live in danger of violence, be it civil war, occupation, terrorism, or organized crime. No matter the perpetrator or victim, the violation of the foundational human right, the right to life, is the concern of all citizens in our modern, globalized world.
Development - Economic catastrophe, war, and natural disasters wreak havoc across the globe, but countless citizens, acting on behalf of governments, NGO's, religious institutions, and private interest work to mitigate these issues. Covering everything from building schools to vaccinating against malaria, from training journalists to mentoring future leaders, the development field provides an avenue for progress amidst disaster, reform amidst repression, and hope amidst despair.
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Taking a break (by UNHCR)
Don’t know if these two are related, but they’ve got the same smile!
Photographer “Jamie NYC” has a large gallery of scenes from the Occupy Wall Street protests, many depicting the scene last night. The cardboard...
September 21 - MiG-15 from a North Korean Defector
HQ. FEAF, TOKYO —- Pictured here is the Russian-built MIG-15 fighter...
SECRETARY OF WAIT Hillary Clinton spoke at a roundtable discussion Friday at the APEC Women and the Economy Summit in San Francisco, as her deputy...
In a somber, yet bold, reportage, photographer Franco Pagetti reveals the daily struggle to survive in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North...
If you can’t go to a library, then a library can come to you.
ISLAMABAD: Dreamers indeed have their unique ways of actualising their ambitions.Saeed A. Malik decided to act on his dream of “educating the young generation and infusing them with knowledge” after serving as an international civil servant with the United Nations for over 25 years. His aim was to provide children with books that entertain, inform, and evoke their curiosity; helping them develop awareness of the world around them, while fostering questioning minds and promoting tolerance.
So a day after the attacks ends this is what’s come out so far:
11 civilians dead, at least 3 of which were children. General John...
Anti-Salabi protest, Tripoli on Flickr.
14 September: A group of about 200 people took part in a protest against comments made by Libyan scholar...
By Navdeep Aujla, U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs
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