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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Pro-democracy activists in 2006 listen to parliament proceedings on a mobile phone in Katmandu, Nepal Activists fight for different things. But one thing many activists around the world hold in com
AS IT IS 2015-12-27 Attacks, Animals, Activism Are Trending Stories of 2015 Big stories grab headlines and capture peoples attention on social media channels like YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. 2015 is the year that social media sites turned trends a
Kenyans Reflect on Legacy of Wangari Maathai Kenyans are in mourning following the recent death of Nobel Prize-winning environmentalist Wangari Maathai. Some shared their thoughts at a park in Nairobi that Maathai famously fought to defend. Uhuru Par
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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: How does it affect your life when your boss takes a political stand? Many people are finding out. The CEO of Nike, Mark Parker, approved an ad campaign featuring Colin Kaepernick, the NFL quarterback who protested police shooting
December 21st, 1620Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower go ashore for the first time at present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts. Thats where they settle the first permanent European colony in whats known as New England. 1988A terrorist bomb explodes aboard a Pa
最近冰桶挑战可谓风靡全球!各路明星名人到路人都争先恐后往自己身上浇冰水。是慈善还是博眼球?你怎么看? 比尔盖茨完成冰桶挑战 本节课的重点词汇: 1. ice bucket challenge 冰桶挑战 2. ra
Jane Jacobs, 1916-2006: Her Activism Helped Shape the Look and Feel of Cities Her most influential book was The Death and Life of Great American Cities. VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein with People in America in VOA Specia
College students around the world have been a powerful force for change throughout history. In the United States, the 1930s, 1960s and 1990s were periods when every new generation of college students became involved in political action. They forced c
The recent school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, claimed the lives of 17 students and teachers. It also started a wave of protests among young people across the country. These student activists are calling for
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Some actors and rock stars use their star power for social activism. But how much power do they really have? Daniel Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School at Tufts
Documentary Profiles Ai Weiwei's Political Activism For years Ai Weiwei lived abroad where he created art installations. But for more than a year, he hasn't been allowed to leave China. Now, Alison Klayman's film, Ai Weiwei Never Sorry, shows the art
Brief Singular Life Inspires Creative Activists Artist, activist and photojournalist Dan Eldon lived a short, yet full, life expressing himself through photos, drawings and journals. He died almost two decades ago, at age 22, covering a story he beli
Actress Susan Sarandon never has shied away from a challenge. She's played a witch, nun, dying mother, drunken grandmother, a fugitive and even herself on the television show, The Simpsons.There's another role that she's taken on for decades and has
By Carolyn Weaver New York City 18 November 2009 A new film focuses on the fight by African activists against an ancient practice that is still performed each year on millions of girls: female circumcision, often known as FGM, or female genital muti
DAVID GREENE, HOST: And we are trying out something new with our Wednesday sports segment. We're taking questions from you, our listeners. This month, we asked, what's been on your mind as you have watched athletes bring social activism onto the fiel
DAVID GREENE, HOST: President Trump often talks about the political movement he inspired. There's also, of course, a movement against him, and NPR's Laura Sydell has been meeting some first-time activists. LAURA SYDELL, BYLINE: Campbell, Calif., a su
AILSA CHANG, HOST: The mass shooting in February at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School transformed the lives of many people in the community. Survivors found they have a powerful voice in the gun control debate. And they have been speaking up. Soph
December 21st, 1620,pilgrims aboard the Mayflower go ashore for the first time at present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts. Thats where they settle the first permanent European colony in whats known as New England. 1988, a terrorist bomb explodes aboard
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: This Thursday, February 14, marks one year since the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Seventeen people were killed that day. A few weeks after the shooting, NPR's Melissa Block profiled the