Opening events are underway for Annual Report: A Year in Exhibitions, the 7th Gwangju Biennale. Under the artistic direction of Okwui Enwezor, (and co-curated by Hyunjin Kim and Ranjit Hoskote) the exhibition is “a report on the distribution system of artistic and cultural forms and a reflection on the intermediary gap...

The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art is showing Mike Kelley’s new work Day Is Done as part of selection of films put together with the Northwest Film Center.  The program coincides with the Time-Based Festival, PICA’s annual convergence of contemporary performance, dance, music, new media and visual arts projects in...

This week, the JOURNAL followed several members of the New Jersey National Guard as they prepared to leave their homes and family for deployment in Iraq, some for their second or even third tours of duty. Citizen soldier Sergeant Beverley Curl, who has been with the National Guard for nearly...

This week on the JOURNAL, Bill Moyers spoke with

(Photo by Robin Holland) Below is an article by JOURNAL senior writer Michael Winship. We welcome your comments below. St. Paul’s Police Protest the Press By Michael Winship Chronicling his life as a journalist in the colonial British Raj, a young Winston Churchill wrote that “nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be...

Media Briefing for Friday, September 5, 2008 Is it big brother, or a necessary tool for the safety of the children? Online technology lets parents peer into their children's school day. The Los Angeles Times reports. Phone giants AT&T, Verizon and Qwest today are expected to win approval to...

    Neanderthal reconstruction Photo: Stefan Scheer, Neanderthal Museum, Mettman, Germany There were thousands of years that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens inhabited the same regions in Europe. How much did these groups intermingle? One answer comes from looking at early human DNA… Does it contain any genetic traces of interbreeding with Neanderthals? The answer, apparently...

The Hawaiian chain of islands, made up of six main islands plus two smaller ones, stretches for more than 1,500 miles through the heart of the Pacific Ocean. It is a place of idyllic beauty. But it is also a land of volcanic fury, raging mountaintop blizzards, dangerous rockslides, monster...

Located along the riverbanks of southern Kenya, the sycomore fig tree is the centerpiece of an extraordinary ecosystem, producing several tons of fruit a year and feeding more varieties of animals than any other kind of tree in Africa.

Media Briefing for Thursday, September 4, 2008 A social network where you can be too social: Facebook is booting some Facebook members who are using the site too much! The Washington Post reports. Facebook has agreed to test replacing its own link for reporting abuse with a bigger one...

One of the concepts of the book Leading With Kindness is the notion that anyone can become a strong leader by practicing kindness in their everyday work. If you are growing your career and want to learn how to be a better leader, this site is for you. So how...

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EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Ritchie discusses his upcoming exhibition The Morning Line (2008) in his New York studio, with animated architectural schematics of the installation. The Morning Line will be on view October 2, 2008 - January 11, 2009 at the Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo in Seville, Spain, as part of...

We were excited to find out that P.O.V. Interactive has been named a Parents' Choice Recommended award winner. We've always known that P.O.V. is a great resource for kids who want to learn more about a particular subject through our documentaries and our website, but it's...

Media Briefing for Wednesday, September 3, 2008 Rupert Murdoch would like to buy the New York Times, says Vanity Fair. Barring a delay resulting from Hurricane Hannah, the TV stations in Wilmington, North Carolina switch to all digital TV broadcasting on Monday. Analog telecasting will end in the market....