December 2013 Blog Posts (47)

Poisoning The Well? Nestlé Accused Of Exploiting Water Supplies For Bottled Brands



A new documentary film takes food giant Nestlé to task for its water bottling practices. Critics say the multinational is busy extracting ground water for its bottled brands and leaving locals, often in poor corners of the world, with the dirty remains.



01/19/2012



In the…

In 2006, U.S. Congressman Keith Ellison was elected to represent Minnesota’s 5^th district, becoming the state’s first

The first Muslim member of Congress on his faith journey

African American representative and the first Muslim to serve in Congress.

To…

Inspired by the "Yes We Can" video, this piece was produced by Hossein Dehbashi for the 100th day of the Government

of Prudence and Hope, featuring Hassan Rouhani's first speech as President of the Islamic Republic of Iran. This video was an initiative taken by the artists (without the President's knowledge) to immortalize President Rouhani's emotional speech, where he expresses hope for peace, friendship and progress. Only at the later stages was the video shown to…

John Urschel, a 20-year-old mathematics major, statistics minor, and guard on the offensive line, graduated from

Penn State in May 2012, excelling both on and off the field. Academically, he earned a 4.00 cumulative grade point average and received the Evan Johnson Memorial Scholarship in Mathematics; athletically, he was named an Academic All-Big Ten in both 2010 and 2011, and named to the Capital One Academic All-District Football Team in 2011. That’s fairly…

In this original and illuminating book, Denise A. Spellberg reveals a little-known but crucial dimension of the story of

by Denise A. Spellberg

American religious freedom—a drama in which Islam played a…