Siren Song features a discussion between Justice Gabrielle Kirk McDonald and Professor Derrick Bell. Both are black Americans and both are trailblazers. She is the only female presiding judge at […]
Monthly Archives: November 1997
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Romania’s dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu used a major earthquake in his country in 1977 as a pretext to demolish the old buildings in the capital Bucharest and build a new civic […]
As the Catholic Church in Spain prepares to celebrate the arrival of the third millennium, it finds itself at a crossroad. It realises that major changes are inevitable if it […]
It was only after the revolutions in 1989 that the full extent of the environmental catastrophe in Central and Eastern Europe began to emerge. Half a century of totalitarian rule […]
The word Viking conjures up an image of a ruthless, horn-helmeted warrior. But Viking culture is misunderstood. Ever since 793, the men from the north have influenced culture and politics […]
Mention the word plastic nowadays and you immediately envision piles of toxic trash swirling around the oceans and choking the fish and seabirds. But there is also the problem of […]
Every year, thousands of illegal immigrants enter Spain and the other countries of the European Union to escape poverty and war. Because of their long coastlines, Spain and other southern […]
Schizophrenia hits one in every 100 people around the world – men and women, old and young, rich and poor – yet scientists are still not entirely sure why and […]