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Causes and Effects: An American View of the Japanese Crisis
by Kevin Healey In his New York Times op-ed on Friday, Nicholas Kristof suggested that while the Japanese government may be guilty of incompetence, the character of the Japanese people is worthy of admiration. After the 1995 Kobe earthquake, Kristof … Continue reading
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Won't You Not Be My Neighbor? Culture Wars and Public Media
by J. Terry Todd It's been a tough couple of weeks at NPR. The conservative video-sting operation that brought down ACORN and threatened Planned Parenthood has now turned its attention to public broadcasting. Video-punker James O'Keefe, a self-described “investigative journalist” … Continue reading
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Fallen Angels, Risen Apes: Covering Islam and Evolution
by Salman Hameed An Imam at a mosque in London is facing death-threats in response to his support for evolution and his liberal views on hijab. The imam in question, Dr. Usama Hasan, is the vice-chairman at Leyton Mosque and … Continue reading
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J585 Collaboration with American Public Radio
USC Annenberg's J585 Reporting on Religion class is collaborating with “On Being,” Krista Tippett's award-winning American Public Radio program, to produce stories on religion, ethnicity and coexistence in Los Angeles and in Israel-Palestine. J585 students are posting LA-based stories on … Continue reading
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The End of the (Evangelical) World As We Know It
by Richard Flory Several recent reports suggest that the evangelical Christian world, as we have come to know it over the last 30 years, may be changing forever. Much has been written since the last presidential election about the rise … Continue reading
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Muslims and Protest in the OC: Taking the Broad View
by Bethany Firnhaber A few weeks ago, hundreds of protesters stood outside the Yorba Linda Community Center hurling insults at Muslim families making their way inside to attend a fundraiser for the Islamic Circle of North America Relief, a New … Continue reading
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U.S. Revives the Oubliette for Muslim Inmates
by Jon Dillingham It is not a good time to be a Muslim in the United States. McCarthy-like congressional hearings, FBI infiltration, prosecution of political dissent, anti-mosque rallies (not limited to Park 51) and downright Islamophobic hatred are all targeting … Continue reading
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Rob Bell Charts New Course for Evangelicals (Journalists at Sea)
by John Adams Rob Bell, one of the Top 10 most influential evangelicals, according to ChurchReport.com, is about to release his latest book, titled Love Wins, which explores the question of the afterlife. It's causing quite a stir among Christians–Roman … Continue reading
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Fly in the Ointment? Anti-Semitism and Pro-democracy Movements in the Middle East
by Kevin Douglas Grant Sometimes new revelations blow stories wide open, provoking a reporting frenzy by the press at every level. Julian Assange's sexual assault charges in Sweden are just one example of this. But sometimes a revelation doesn't fit … Continue reading
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Mideast Reporting: Taking Dictation from Dictators?
by Maura Jane Farrelly The government of Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al Khalifa justified opening fire on more than 2,000 Bahraini demonstrators by claiming that the action was necessary to bring the country back from the “brink of a … Continue reading
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