Bombing Japan: Necessity – or War Crime?
It’s been 70 years since the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Were the nuclear bombings a wartime necessity – or serious war crimes against humanity?
One Year After Ferguson: What’s Changed?
“There is an awakening everywhere, and those 100-plus nights have changed the social fabric of America.” AJ+ went to the Michael Brown mural on North Union Boulevard in St. Louis to ask what’s changed in the year since Brown’s death. I executive produced this anniversary piece later featured on the Young Turks youtube channel.
Black Lives Matter, A Year After Ferguson
Michael Brown was killed a year ago, yet the bodies continue to pile up.
America’s Got a Gun Problem
Guns kill 33,000 Americans and injure 80,000 each year. So why can’t we quit guns?
My Brother’s Keeper explores the lives of Puerto Rican twins from the South Bronx as they enter their senior year. Miguel and Danny have attended different schools since fourth grade. I spent a year filming Miguel and Daniel. Working with one other producer-shooter-editor, I sourced the characters, developed the storyline, produced, shot and co-edited the film. […] Read more
Photographing London. Baker Street station, Hammersmith & City line, August 2016. #cameras #cctv #london #tw #fb #wp
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Real-Atlético: The Match That’s Driving Madrid Mad
MADRID—Want to buy a lighter for €4,650 ($6,349)?
You might if you rooted for either of Madrid’s rival soccer teams and knew that three tickets to their most anticipated match ever were being thrown in “for free.”
As Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid prepare to battle Saturday (2 p.m. ET, Fox) for the Champions League title, Europe’s elite club soccer competition, fans are paying some of the highest prices on record for a seat at the game in the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon.
Retailers Look to Score in World Cup
It reads like a retail riddle: How can a consumer earn nearly €2,000 by spending €949 on a new television?
The deal is part of a competition that was organized by the Media World chain in Italy last month, tied to a much larger competition: the World Cup. Shoppers who bet on an Italian victory in the soccer tournament could get a 200% discount on their purchase if their home team wins.
Spain Still Suffering Fallout From Housing Bust
MADRID— Xacobo Rodriguez, out of work and with an infant child, says he lives in a constant state of dread. “You always fear the day there will be a knock on the door and then you’ll be evicted from your home,” he says.
Mr. Rodriguez, 38 years old, is one of the many Spaniards who can’t pay pricey mortgages taken out before a property bubble popped in 2008. Worse, his mother, who guaranteed his loan with her own home, is also at risk. “I feel we both might sink,” he says.
Gowex’s Lost Magic Quiets Cheers for CEO Lauded as an Innovator
When Jenaro García’s tech company Let’s Gowex SA won the top prize from Spain’s marketing association in May, the presenter hailed him as an innovator who was making wireless Internet ubiquitous, “a magician who converted Wi-Fi into water.”
Mr. García, outfitted in an Indiana Jones-style jacket, appeared before the appreciative crowd alongside Wi-Fi Man, a masked, caped superhero figure.