Culture and Media

POEM     by Erlie Lopez There’s a poem keeping me awake begging to be written while the rain sluices on my windowpanes and wafts the scent of nocturnal flowers.   But my brain won’t budge drained of thought from…

The guide “Manual of good practices for media coverage of Mapuche issues” urges the press to use appropriate and non-discriminatory language in relation to the Mapuche. Published on the website of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung by Mapuche journalists Stefanie Pacheco-Pailahual and Paula…

In his first official appearance as Patron of the campus, the president also announced that the government is working to incorporate the U. de Chile Clinical Hospital into the public health network. “The first meeting of the commission to address…

The WikiLeaks co-founder is losing appeals and moving closer to facing a trial in the U.S. that could threaten First Amendment protections By Jeffrey Brodsky – www.discoursemagazine.com In its prosecution of WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange, the Biden administration is setting…

MUSIC AND CULTURE/INTERVIEW       Pianist/composer Eunhye Jeong is a creative musician with a critical mind that keeps expanding her musical world with diligent research. She has performed with legendary Wadada Leo Smith, a multiple award-winner, a Pulitzer Prize…

Book: The White -West: A Look in the Mirror by David Andersson | Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Walmart Books are words that thinking authors try to transform into logical actions for readers to imagine the reality of ideas and ideals. …

LIVE SHOW on Saturday, April 9 at 10:30 AM In this show, we speak with Durga McBroom, singer, songwriter, and actress who has performed backing vocals for Pink Floyd and is a member of the house music band Blue Pearl, best known…

Two years afterwards, the death of the Argentinean journalist is still under suspicion. Without his body, which was cremated, the investigations have focused on photographs, videos and testimonies. The family, meanwhile, points to the responsibility, or at least the clumsiness,…

Ilhan Sami Çomak, the Kurdish poet who has been in a Turkish prison for the last 28 years, was awarded the Metin Altıok Poetry Prize and the Norwegian Freedom of Expression Award (shared with Ahmet Altan, writer/journalist from Turkey). The…

TRADITIONAL CULTURE       Korea has a long tradition of culinary arts and unique cuisine, with some popular names such as kimchi, a traditional side dish of salted and fermented vegetables, napa cabbage and radish, as well as favorite…