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“Give me a place to stand and a lever long enough and I will move the world.”
—Archimedes, 220 BC
Special Reports
Audio Slideshow:Photojournalist Mark Dye in Haiti
Photojournalist Mark Dye went to cover the effects of the earthquake in Haiti for AOL News and This American Life. Mark used to live in Potsdam, where he reported for the Watertown Daily Times.
Audio Slideshow:Help, and hope, for Malawi
In the summer of 2008, eight North Country churchwomen traveled to Malawi, bringing donated medical supplies, eyeglasses, soccer balls.
Audio Slideshow:Lebanon, First-Hand
Prairie Summer lived in southern Lebanon for half a year in 2006, working with teenagers. While there, she finished her master’s degree in International Educational Development from Columbia University.
Audio SeriesFarm to Farm, Family to Family: David Sommerstein travels with NC dairy farmers to a Mexican village many of their migrant workers call home.
Photo Audio Essay10th Mountain Peacekeepers in Kosovo
David Sommerstein spends a week living and patrolling with 10th Mountain Division troops on a peacekeeping mission in the Serbian province of Kosovo.
Jacob Edgar with his world toothpaste collection, a product of lots of travels.
WEB EXCLUSIVE: A world music insider
Sep 10, 2008 — If you love world music, Jacob Edgar of Cumbancha Records is the guy to talk to. Edgar's on the inside of the world music industry. Cumbancha recently won a major industry award. David Sommerstein sat down with Edgar to talk about the inner workings and future of world music. Go to full article
Cumbancha Records: world music with Vermont roots
Sep 10, 2008 — Walk into a coffeehouse or boutique almost anywhere, and you may see a display of brightly-colored world music CDs. Putumayo Records' compilations are famous for bringing little-known global artists to American ears. The man who discovers those musical gems lives right here on the east side of the Champlain Valley, and he's started his own world music label. Jacob Edgar has brought musicians from Central America, Asia, and Africa to his studios in Charlotte, Vermont. His latest artist, Chiwoniso of Zimbabwe, was rehearsing at a little farmhouse nearby for her upcoming North American tour. David Sommerstein stopped by and has this profile. Go to full article
Bringing NC veterinary care to Uganda
Aug 28, 2008 — As part of our occasional series, Moving the World, we talk with people who live in the North Country and travel across the planet to share their expertise and help communities abroad. Today we hear from Dr. Diane Petrowski Ferry. She and her husband are veterinarians in Adams, NY, near Watertown. This past weekend, they flew to Uganda where they'll spend a couple weeks at an orphanage that raises dairy cows to provide milk for nearly 2500 children. She spoke with All Before Five host Jonathan Brown. Go to full article
Civil liberties advocate tells Adirondack audience about fight over Guantanamo
Jul 03, 2008 — Last month, the Bush administration lost a major Supreme Court fight over the treatment of prisoners held at the detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Court ruled... Go to full article
People-to-people aid to Myanmar
May 22, 2008 — By the Myanmar junta's own count, at least 134,000 people are dead or missing after a cyclone three weeks ago. The U.N. says up to 2.5 million survivors are hungry and... Go to full article
Visiting journalist hopes to take the public radio model home
May 07, 2008 — North Country Public Radio is getting acquainted with a colleague from Indonesia this week. Munarsih Sahana is a Humphrey Scholar, studying at the University of Maryland.... Go to full article
Saving a school to save a remote town in the Adirondacks
May 05, 2008 — Schools have been closing and consolidating across the North Country for decades. Declining birth rates and shrinking class sizes threaten schools in nearly every district.... Go to full article
North Country activists work toward a better world for Central Americans
Apr 30, 2008 — Today, we continue our occasional series of reports and interviews that focus on North Country activists who are making a difference around the world. Todd Moe profiles a... Go to full article
North Country activists, families nurture change & dialogue in Middle East
Apr 22, 2008 — This morning we begin an occasional series of reports and interviews that focus on North Country activists who are making a difference around the world. From Antarctica to... Go to full article
Sustaining a better life in Malawi
Apr 09, 2008 — A group of women from Canton and Watertown leaves for south-eastern Africa this summer. It's part of an on-going mission by the Presbytery of Northern New York to help... Go to full article
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