africa

In 2009 the Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie gave a TED Talk on the dangers of what she called "The Single Story." Put simply, the Single Story is the conventional understanding of a people, culture or situation that's informed by stereotypes in literature and the media -- stereotypes that aren't necessarily untrue, but that are necessarily incomplete...

Over the last few years, Lucy Knisley has delighted the Internet with her thoughtful comic essays at Stop Paying Attention, her massive Harry Potter posters and all manner of web-carried whimsy. (Like the squid costume. I must know how one makes such an adorable squid costume...

DC Entertainment has announced a new corporate, "We Can Be Heroes" giving campaign fronted by silhouettes of its Justice League characters designed to benefit Save the Children, International Rescue Committee and Mercy Corps' humanitarian efforts in Africa...

Readers who have been following DC's Batman Inc. have seen Bruce Wayne's roster of international crime-fighters grow with the addition of new characters like Nightrunner and Batman Japan (formerly known as Mr. Unknown), but the newest member has a pretty interesting history...