by | Jan 25, 2019 | Conflict Sensitive Reporting, Crossings Radio and Crossings News, Food for Thought, News, Press Freedom, Programs
Journalist and author Markos Kounalakis’ newest book, “Spin Wars and Spy Games: Global Media and Intelligence Gathering,” dives into the modern world of Russian and Chinese influenced data gathering and news production, in the face of massive layoffs...
by | Jan 25, 2019 | Conflict Sensitive Reporting, Crossings Radio and Crossings News, Food for Thought, Intercultural and Interreligious Conflict, Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue, News, Stories
By Payton Bruni Mohammed Murshed makes rapid strokes of his paint brush as he works in his personal studio at the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon. He works swiftly and tirelessly as he creates eight different paintings at once, adding layers upon...
by levig@uoregon.edu | Jun 5, 2017 | Food for Thought, Stories
Story by Levi Gittleman After more than 20 hours of traveling and four airplane meals, I was ready for something sautéed from the street vendors of Jakarta, Indonesia. So our gang of six, which included some seriously talented journalism students — Andy Field, Emerson...
by emersonm@uoregon.edu | Apr 20, 2017 | Food for Thought, Stories
The Trump administration’s second attempt to exclude visitors to the United States based on their nationalities (and hence by default their religion) remains stalled in the courts, for now. But its chilling effect lingers and grows, especially for U.S. universities....
by Scott Greenstone | Nov 14, 2016 | Food for Thought, Stories
This piece by Dr. Peter Laufer was originally published in Spanish by Tiempo Argentino, the Crossings Institute’s partners in Argentina. What follows is the English translation. Read it in Spanish here. Rare is the night when the TV is switched on in our living...
by Jonathan Bach | Jun 9, 2016 | Food for Thought, Stories
Story and Photos by Christopher Chávez I held it in my hands; a long ivory tusk weighing about one hundred pounds. It was yellowed and coarse with several markings carved into it. Likely some sort of inventory code marked by the officer who confiscated it. And then I...