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Under-reported news + global concerns by a Portuguese-American, activist-journalist based in Amsterdam.

ctrp323 Other than that Mrs. Lincoln…

John Aravosis is annoyed. For him and millions of Obama supporters who believed in the campaign that swept the current president into ...
3 days ago

ctrp322 Newark Night Patrol

The story is not unique to Newark, all over the United States there are cities that are struggling. But what is unique is how citizens of ...
2 weeks ago

ctrp321 Wendell Potter’s Health Care Wisdom

During his long career as a public relations professional in the health insurance world, Wendell Potter lived a luxorious life far removed ...
4 weeks ago

Remix at VlogEurope2009

Over the weekend a modest but passionate group of European Videobloggers got together for the 5th time in 5 years.  While the world of ...
1 month ago

ctrp320 The Arctic as a Personal and Global Challenge

He does what? – People often ask whenever I mention Lewis Gordon Pugh. He swims the arctic, I tell them again.  Why? – is ...
1 month ago

ctrp319 Mass Student Revolt in Austria

You’ve heard the story before, especially over the past decade: a European university announces sweeping reforms because of the ...
1 month ago

ctrp318 Beaten and Arrested, Videobloggers in Azerbaijan

Emin and Adnan were having dinner in downtown restaurant in Baku over the summer, when suddenly the two video bloggers were attacked, later ...
2 months ago

Bananas the Film

Returned to Amsterdam and noticed a new documentary film which is showing back in New York City this week, entitled: BANANAS! Bananas! is ...
2 months ago

Rostov to Lisbon (bmtv104)

Click to Play A vlog entry from Lisbon reviewing plans for Vlog Europe 2009. I also throw in some images and video from the Russia trip ...
3 months ago

European News Values from West to East (podcast#317)

Sitting in as far East as geographic Europe goes, questions about where we are and how things here differ from things over there arise. ...
3 months ago

Wikileaks Fights the Good Fight (bmtv#103)

Click to Play After a long hiatus, a video entry complete with my sick-person voice. Focuses on Wikileaks and what they’re ...
3 months ago

Coffeeshops, Drug Tourism, and Politics (podcast#316)

Two Dutch municipalities decided last year that all their coffeeshops must be closed down. While in other cities, like nearby Breda, city ...
3 months ago

The Unfinished Drug Policy of the Netherlands (podcast#315)

People around the world admire, hate, or giggle at what they think they know about drug policies in the Netherlands. But how much do they ...
3 months ago