FBI Foiled and Followed Author
The feds tried to prevent visits by Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes in the 1960s – and recruited sources at NYU and Columbia to keep tabs on him, documents reveal.
Place: Beyond New York
via The New York Times
Natural Approach to Storm Prep
In the wake of Sandy, some architects and planners are drawing inspiration from the intricate ways plants and animals have adapted to the changing environment.
via Voices of NY
Bhutanese Grow in New York
Some 23,000 Bhutanese have relocated to the U.S. from refugee camps in Nepal in the last three years, with many settling in New York. Tens of thousands more refugees are expected.
I Marched Along: Women in Egypt
Our reporters examine the upheaval in Egypt's potential impact on women.
War Photogs Tell Story of Iraq
Michael Kamber put together a new book featuring pictures and oral histories from fellow photojournalists who worked in wartime Iraq.
via Voices of NY
Hunger Strikers Unite For Tibet
Three men have consumed nothing except water since beginning their protest in front of United Nations on Lo-sar — the Tibetan New Year — on Feb. 22.
Ex-Pat Support for Jailed Russian
Backers of imprisoned oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky at the Crossroads of the World to mark eight years since his arrest and imprisonment in Russia.