A Man of Two Faces
Spokesperson for the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and former advisor to Yasser Arafat, Bassam Abu Sharif is a man of two faces. To many he is a symbol of hope, while to others he is the “face of terror.”

The Israeli Brand
Israel launches a re-branding campaign to try and win the public relations war, but it seems that no amount of media stunts can erase the memory of the country’s recent offensive in Gaza.

Paradigm Lost
Natural capital: Why are we selling it off and calling it income?
Overshoot: What is the cost of a dying planet?
Progress: Does anyone know if we’re moving forwards or backwards?
True Cost: Why aren’t the prices of products telling the ecological truth?
Happiness: What does it have to do with our curriculums?

Pop Nihilism: Advertising Eats Itself
Since its inception, mass media’s codependent relationship with advertising has made it destined to fail. Now, as the recession is forcing corporations to slash their ad budgets, both the commercial media and the ad industry have finally met their waterloo.

The Soul of Japan
After the Second World War, Japan became America’s most passive and dependable Pacific ally. But now, after more than 60 years of mistaken idolatry, Japan is turning its back on America’s cultural influence.

Aesthetics in Art
Visual art has seen a succession of movements, schools and philosophies: modernism, postmodernism and … now what? Art critic Robin Laurence explores how emerging artists are defining the new aesthetic.

Pornocalypse Now
Douglas Haddow talks to adult video star Sasha Grey about how a pornography-drenched world is taking a toll on masculinity.

Loan Me $200
As the Western economic system disintegrates, microlending is emerging as an enlightened form of capitalism.

How Obama Carried Me Home
Frances McCaffery spent her whole life searching for political inspiration. When she joined Obama’s campaign, she finally found it.

They Believed, Why Can’t I?
A billboard by designer Alexander McQueen features an image of chic Parisians rebelling in 1968 and no sign of the actual product. The ad is appropriating the rebels’ inner passions in an attempt to animate the dead desire of today’s consumer, prompting author Stephen Duncombe to wonder whether belief and skepticism, rationality and faith can be reconciled.

Only in Canada
The trend in the Anglo-American world is to move beyond the conservatism of the Bush era and support progressive, environmentally-conscious governments. Canadians, however, have elected Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper for another term as prime minister, positioning Canada as an outcast among developed nations when it comes to taking action on climate change.

Dame-Ren (No Good People)
As Japan embraced Western-style capitalism, it, in turn, started suffocating the Japanese. The corporation eclipsed every community in Japanese life, providing living spaces, arranging marriages and social engagements, and, most importantly, promising full-time jobs that would last a lifetime.

Enter Jamspace
Described as the dance of natural philosophy, Contact Improvisation, explores spontaneous movement by taking a point of contact with another body as its starting point for exploration through physical movement.

Hipster: The Dead End of Civilization
We’ve reached a point in our civilization where counterculture has mutated into a self-obsessed aesthetic vacuum. So while hipsterdom is the end product of all prior countercultures, it’s been stripped of its subversion and originality, and is leaving a generation pointlessly obsessing over fashion, faux individuality, cultural capital and the commodities of style.

America’s Slippery Slope
"We recognize the debasement of standards, we see the signs of intellectual decay. Yet we do nothing." A look at what happens when we refuse to pay attention to what’s important.

The End of Childhood
Exposure to nature benefits kids in more than one way.

Val Plumwood’s Natural Death
A portrait of Australia’s pioneer environmentalist who battled a crocodile and called for the end of environmental abuse.

A New Revolution
The US presidential elections may finally start the revolution the rest of the world has been waiting for.

Australia’s Turnaround
After a decade of conservative rule, Australia’s is redressing its past so the country can move forward.

Tino Sehgal
By creating "staged situations" Tino Sehgal forces his audiences to confront art.

Media Bully
Leonard Asper is distorting Canada’s national discourse.