Madge Weinstein is an internet celebrity, a culinary pioneer, and an extremely irritable elderly lesbian. Beyond all that, she is an inspiration to several generations of children around the world. After surviving many tragedies, including 3 Bush presidential terms and the current socio-political disaster that has gripped the United...
Sometimes you're reading a book, attending a lecture, watching a film, or listening to an interview and a voice grabs you. Â The story grabs you. Â The combination of the story, the voice, and some unknown, undetectable qualities grab hold of you and they shake you somehow. Â You may have...
"It would be better to have a society with newspapers and no government, than one with government and no newspapers." - Thomas Jefferson. Robert McChesney and John Nichols are two people that have taught me alot about how the global media works and doesn't work. Their writing has accompanied me...
Tucked away somewhere in the labyrinth of streets on the Asia side of Istanbul, you'd think you were walking into someone's house until you notice that each room in this apartment is part of this modest radio station. Sitting in a sun room with windows overlooking this section of...
Bianet is an alternative media network in Turkey. The network's goal is to cover the topics which the mainstream will not or does not, with a special emphasis on human rights, labor, women's rights, the environment, and much more. How are they funded? Is their structure alternative? What does...
