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July 18, 2009

Do Schools Kill Creativity? | Opinion

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May 6, 2009

Worst Countries to be a Blogger | Opinion

With a military government that severely restricts Internet access and imprisons people for years for posting critical material, Burma is the worst place in the world to be a blogger, the Committee to Protect Journalists says in a new report. The Committee to Protect Journalists (JPC) named the 10 Worst Countries to be a Blogger, which identifies a number of countries in the Middle East and Asia where Internet penetration has blossomed and government repression has grown in response. Listen to the JPC's audio report.

10 Worst Countries To Be A Blogger

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May 6, 2009

Press Freedom | Opinion

The global press freedom declines for a seventh straight year and deterioration occurring for the first time in every region, according to Freedom House's annual media study. The rollback was not confined to traditionally authoritarian states, with Israel, Italy and Hong Kong slipping from the study's Free category to Partly Free status. Out of the 195 countries and territories covered in the study, 70 (36 percent) are rated Free, 61 (31 percent) are rated Partly Free and 64 (33 percent) are rated Not Free. The survey found that only 17 percent of the world's population lives in countries that enjoy a Free press. The world’s worst-rated countries continue to include Burma, Cuba, Eritrea, Libya, North Korea and Turkmenistan.

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April 16, 2009

Israel's Barrier | Topicality

Most everything about Israel's West Bank barrier is disputed; Israelis and Palestinians disagree on its name, its route and its impact. Israelis call it the "security barrier" or "the good fence." Many Palestinians call it "the apartheid wall" or the "racist fence." A NPR series captures the realities of life along the barrier, including the struggles of the people who find good and bad in it everyday. Read about here.