rebekahheacock + nytimes   35

After Americans Visit, Uganda Weighs Death for Gays - NYTimes.com
The NYT is a little late to the party on Uganda's anti-gay bill.
nytimes  uganda  LGBT  religion 
january 2010 by rebekahheacock
Reviving the Lost Art of Naming the World - NYTimes.com
"The Ilongots, for example, a people of the Philippines, name gorgeous wild orchids after human body parts. There bloom the thighs, there fingernails, yonder elbows and thumbs"
nytimes  science  biology  language 
august 2009 by rebekahheacock
The Day Obscenity Became Art - NYTimes.com
The best part of this article: the Venn diagram of Lady Chatterley and Her Lover.
censorship  history  law  literature  nytimes 
july 2009 by rebekahheacock
‘Hyperlocal’ Web Sites Deliver News Without Newspapers - NYTimes.com
"A number of Web start-up companies are creating so-called hyperlocal news sites that let people zoom in on what is happening closest to them, often without involving traditional journalists."
news  nytimes  media 
april 2009 by rebekahheacock
In Recession and War, St. Patrick’s Parade Marches On - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com
St. Patrick's day paraders can't express gay pride while marching -- WTF, NY?
nytimes  nyc  lgbt  politics 
march 2009 by rebekahheacock
Evidence Points to Civilian Toll in Afghan Raid - NYTimes.com
Afghan villagers use cell phone video to disprove U.S. military's account of recent raid
afghanistan  citizenjournalism  mobilephones  nytimes  digitalactivism 
october 2008 by rebekahheacock
NYTimes: Literacy Debate: Online, R U Really Reading?
Good examination of digital vs. traditional literacy. Made me want to go pick up a couple of 1000+ page novels.
internet  news  nytimes  reading  literacy 
july 2008 by rebekahheacock
NYTimes Picture of the Day: 13th anniversary of Srebrenica massacre, Bosnia
Bosnian Muslims prayed near coffins at the Potocari Memorial Center during the burial of 308 Bosnian Muslims killed by Bosnian Serb forces in Srebrenica in 1995. The burial was part of a memorial ceremony to mark the 13th anniversary of the Srebrenica mas
photography  nytimes  bosnia 
july 2008 by rebekahheacock
NYT: Signs in Kenya of a Land Redrawn by Ethnicity
Includes a map of ethnic migrations in Kenya since the elections
africa  elections  kenya  maps  news  nytimes 
february 2008 by rebekahheacock

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