Proposed USC-Dubai journalism school concerns faculty and community

By Bill Boyarsky
Published on October 29, 2008

Faculty members at the USC Annenberg School for Communications are deep into a controversy that should be of interest to the Jewish community.
It concerns a proposal from USC for a $3 million contract for Annenberg to work with the American University in Dubai to create a journalism and communications school in the Middle Eastern nation.

All I want for Ramadan is you!

By The Web Guy
Published on August 31, 2008

‘Dirty’ music needs regulation

By Nathaniel Barzideh, Tribe Contributor
Published on July 30, 2008

It amazes me that regardless of one's age, gender or personality, music has the capacity to influence everyone. Songs have tremendous power over the human mind and carry potency to bring back memories, provide emotional comfort or change one's mood.

Hamas celebrates one year in office

By Steve Greenberg
Published on June 26, 2008

Ahmadinejad: The next Hitler?

By Joshua Yasmeh
Published on February 1, 2007

Some might argue that though Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may appear to be a threat to the world, he is serving and providing for his own country and people. But the scores of protests against Ahmadinejad by college students in Tehran over the past couple of months prove otherwise.

Exercise your right to read—without censorship

By Shoshana Lewin-Fischer
Published on September 28, 2006

The American Library Association got more than 400 requests to ban books last year. But most of those requests were unsuccessful, because of librarians, teachers, parents, students and other people who make sure books stay on shelves.

U.S. Firms Kowtow to China Censorship

By Martin Kaplan
Published on February 9, 2006

If an American enters "Li Zhi" or "Shi Tao" in the search engine at Yahoo! News, more than 400 stories turn up, none of them flattering to Yahoo! But those articles won't appear if you search for those words, or countless others deemed subversive by officials, on a computer in China.