Business

July 16, 2019

As gentrification takes hold on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques, many local residents find they're being priced out of living there.

Conflict

Modern Slavery Act is having unintended consequences for women's freedom in Sri Lanka

The Conversation

July 15, 2019

Rather than requiring companies to ensure a living wage for their global supply chain workforce, the Modern Slavery Act ends up punishing them.

Food

A Syrian mom in Istanbul builds a business from her own kitchen with Whatsapp

PRI's The World

July 11, 2019

Culture

Life after death of the 'Love Bug' in Ethiopia

Reuters

July 10, 2019

Volkswagen will halt production of its latest version of the Beetle model car at its plant in Puebla, Mexico on Wednesday. Production of the original version of the curvy little vehicles ended in 2003. But, in Addis Ababa, Beetles enjoy a kind of life after death; their parts are never discarded but re-used to keep the city's remaining Beetles on the road.

Social media

In a world first, Facebook to give data on hate speech suspects to French courts

Reuters

June 25, 2019

So far, Facebook has cooperated with French justice on matters related to terrorist attacks and violent acts by transferring the IP addresses and other identification data of suspected individuals to French judges who formally demanded it.

Business, Economics and Jobs

Italy's mafia gets richer as 'security decree' strips migrant rights

GlobalPost

June 20, 2019

With no rights to speak of, undocumented migrants and refugees in Italy are vulnerable to exploitation by unscrupulous "padroni" and criminal gangs, including the mafia, who controls Italy's agricultural sector.

Internet

With cryptocurrency launch, Facebook sets its path toward becoming an independent nation

The Conversation

June 19, 2019

Facebook has announced a plan to launch a new cryptocurrency named the Libra. Their plans are backed by major companies such as Visa, PayPal and Uber. With a user base of 2 billion people worldwide, Facebook is positioned to pressure countries and central banks to cooperate with its reinvention of the global financial system.

Nuclear

Things That Go Boom: Are sanctions on Iran spurring economic resilience?

PRI's The World

June 18, 2019

Sanctions on Iran have squeezed the economy since the 1970s, and since US President Donald Trump pulled out of the nuclear deal, they have been ratcheting up. Some Iranians are ready to cut and run but others are waiting out the economic storm.

Business, Economics and Jobs

Will a German investment in Ghana's youth slow down migration?

GlobalPost

June 18, 2019

Updated

06/20/2019 - 5:15pm

For young entrepreneurs with big dreams, a small business might not be enough to keep Ghanaians home if they are convinced of greener pastures in Frankfurt.

Conflict & Justice

This Liberian lawyer risked his life to save West Africa's last remaining rainforest from palm oil developers

Living on Earth

June 05, 2019

When a palm oil development project tried to cut down the last major swath of tropical rainforest in Liberia, lawyer Alfred Brownell jumped into action — and almost lost his life.