Colleen Kaman
Colleen Kaman is an award-winning journalist, filmmaker and engagement strategist. She writes about media, science and business. She also enjoys exploring new neighborhoods and is increasingly obsessed with young adult fiction. Follow her on twitter: @ckaman
Lady Gaga launches fight against bullying: will social media help or hinder?
On the day Lady Gaga launches her Born This Way Foundation here in our home town of Cambridge, MA, we get the lowdown on what cyberbullying is, whether it's growing and how young people in the UK are using technology to combat it. ...
Bullying: a 21st century problem?
Half a century ago, schoolyard bullies were just an unfortunate part of growing up. Now bullying is regularly in the headlines. This week pop mega star Lady Gaga will launch a foundation to fight the problem. Has bullying really become worse in the 21st century? ...
What country has the most bullies?
To mark our collaboration with BULLIED: TEEN STORIES FROM GENERATION PRX we've put together a map of which countries have the most bullies and which have the fewest. You may be surprised. ...
How to stop a rogue asteroid
In Hollywood, killer asteroids periodically threaten to destroy the planet. Armageddon is one of the better known action flicks of this ilk. In it, a team of deep core drilling experts is tasked with blowing up an asteroid “the size of Texas” from the inside out before it hurtles into the Earth. Predictably, the team of ...
The global fight against bullying
There is a growing awareness around the world that bullying is a critical issue. How people deal with it is another matter...
Smash-ups, not traffic rules, dominate China’s packed roads
In simpler days, millions of Chinese got around by bicycle. Roads were safer then. A huge increase in inexperienced drivers is making China’s chaotic, anything-goes roads even more dangerous. In 2010, for instance, 3.9 million road accidents killed more than 65,000 people in China. The accidents happen even though Chinese law requires citizens to attend ...
In Germany, outrage over bungled neo-Nazi case
Germans have been shocked by the discovery of a serial murder ring in the country. Germans of Turkish origin, who made up the bulk of the victims, have been outraged at government ineptitude. A trio of neo-Nazi extremists is suspected of nine racially-motivated killings that took place over a decade. The trio eluded capture for all those ...
Are Somali pirates the new entrepreneurs?
If Somali pirates only conjure up images of rag-tag brigands roaming off the coast of Africa attacking ships and taking hostages, you’re missing half the story. It turns out that Somalian pirates are investing their ransom monies in their communities. Anja Shortland, a British economist, argues that piracy is driving economic development in Somalia, in ...
Fracking no longer welcome in Bulgaria
Fracking technology could have given Bulgaria the chance to gain a foothold in the shale-gas bonanza, and become less dependent on Russian gas supplies. The process involves injecting pressurized fluid into rocks to promote the release of fossil fuels and could have released 1 trillion cubic meters of natural gas. But today the Bulgarian government ...
Memorializing Cambodia’s “killing fields”
Nhem En is trying to rehabilitate his former boss’s legacy. He was once the chief photographer and propagandist for Pol Pot’s notorious Khmer Rouge, a regime that killed at least 1.5 million Cambodians. So Nhem En is spearheading an effort to build a memorial to Pol Pot. In it, he plans to display 2,000 photographs of ...
Bauhaus, the name that inspired … a home improvement chain?
For design aficionados, the name “Bauhaus” evokes near-mystical thoughts of Walter Gropius, Mies van Der Rohe and their disciples. Their radical approach to design, art, and architecture transformed America’s post-World War II urban landscape and sense of style. The Bauhaus school is long gone, but it will be part of the zeitgeist in 2012. During ...
What does Iowa mean for Israel?
With most of the Republican nominees trying to do outdo each other by professing that their support for Israel is the strongest and most unwavering, it's not surprising that Israelis themselves were keeping a close eye on the Iowa caucus. And the fact that Ron Paul did relatively well will keep Israelis tuning in...
Back from the brink: Iceland’s precarious recovery
Pedestrians on Reykjavik’s main shopping street (Credit: Reuters/Bob Strong) Three years ago, Iceland defied predictions when it bounced back from the collapse of its banking sector. Yet even as the country is held up as a model response to debt crises, that success is tempered by the harsh realities of the ‘new normal.’ According to ...
The battle over global supermarkets in India
Last Thursday, the Indian cabinet agreed to allow global supermarket chains such as Walmart and British-owned Tesco to open up shop in one of the world’s fastest growing retail markets. Opposition to the decision has been particularly fierce, and brought India’s parliament to a standstill. The specifics of the agreement are that there can now ...
Sneakers for the world’s poor
Adidas, in a bid to shod the world, says it will offer running shoes for $1 a pair throughout rural India. The German manufacturer has grown from its roots making sneakers into one of the world’s largest producers of sporting apparel, and biggest sponsors of athletic teams and athletes. Adidas hopes selling the world’s cheapest ...
Politicians Behaving Badly
Even at their most rancorous, American politicians can look positively polite compared to legislators elsewhere, where fistfights and foodfights are de rigueur. ...
