With Cuba’s guarded openness to private enterprise grabbing hold, classic American cars and salsa singers now share the cityscape with new and inventive offerings in food, culture and nightlife.(Source: The New York Times)
SHEEP CONTEST
In June 2015, some of the top sheep were gathered for a Best Sheep in Show contest as part of the Tennessee State Fair in Nashville.
Americans Have More Guns than Hairdryers
From “Guns and Violence,” an episode of the award-winning PBS series THE 90’s, Media Burn Archive offers a look inside the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms library of guns, some statistics about guns in the US, and a visit…
World’s Biggest Mine: Inside U.S. Coal
Barack Obama’s pledge to cut carbon emissions has not stopped North Antelope Rochelle mine in Wyoming. In fact, production is booming – and climate change is off the agenda. The Guardian’s Suzanne Goldenberg gets a rare look inside the biggest…
Japan’s Yakuza: Inside the Syndicate
In 2011 a Belgian photographer was allowed entry into one of Japan’s Yakuza families. Over two years, he captured the lives of those living in the underworld. (Source: The Economist)
‘AMY’ on Bring Your Own Doc: Director Asif Kapadia and Former Manager Nick Shymansky
AMY, the Amy Winehouse documentary that reveals the private and often misunderstood rise and fall of the singer-songwriter, is shared with clips and the trailer by director Asif Kapadia and Winehouse’s former manager Nick Shymansky. Through the use of archival…