Australia Aboriginals

God Is One Mind

William Horden | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living


William Horden

It is difficult for some of us to say "God thinks each of us into being" without feeling like we're falling back on childhood Sunday school stories.

Tasered Man Bursts Into Flames In Australia

Huffington Post | Posted 08.21.2009 | World


When police taser-gunned a man in an aboriginal community in Western Australia who was charging them with a can of gasoline and a lighter, he suddenly...

Australian Aborigines Restrict Alcohol Sales To Address Crisis

nytimes.com | NORIMITSU ONISHI | Posted 08.05.2009 | World


HALLS CREEK, Australia Since Halls Creek recently became the latest Aboriginal town in the Australian outback to restrict alcohol sales, its doctors a...

Reconciliation Through Art: Video Premiere of "Apology (It's Time)"

Russell James | Posted 03.15.2009 | World


Russell James

One year ago tomorrow, Kevin Rudd, on his first day of office, officially apologized to the Indigenous people of Australia for 200 years of oppression. This speech was the impetus for this video.

Australia and America: A Shared Hope and Changed Attitude

Baz Luhrmann | Posted 02.14.2009 | World


Baz Luhrmann

The problems facing the United States -- and countries around the world right now -- are so towering that our only hope is in reaching out to our neighbors, building bridges, and moving on from old wounds.

Australia: Illiteracy Rate Among Aboriginal Children Higher Than Expected

The Australian | Brad Norington | Posted 01.22.2009 | World


THE rate of illiteracy among Aboriginal children has been underestimated, with the first uniform national literacy tests showing the proportion of ind...