Gentrifying açai: Behind Amazonian 'super fruit'

Sep. 28, 2011
Açai berries, which come from the Amazon, have exploded onto the global market. This so-called “super fruit” is added to juices and smoothies, with claims they better health, ease weight loss, prevent aging and even act as a natural Viagra.

Woman crusades for justice in Bolivia

Sep. 12, 2011
In the first installment of Ground Shifters, reporter Jean Friedman-Rudovsky heads to the Bolivian Amazon basin with Narda Baqueros, a fireball of a woman.

Worldview 9.12.11

Sep. 12, 2011
Today, we kick off a weeklong series called Ground Shifters, which features the lives of women and girls making a difference in Bolivia and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. We'll begin by talking to Jean Friedman-Rudovsky, a freelance journalist based in La Paz, Bolivia who reported the stories.

Obejas: E-reader guilt

May. 27, 2011
Book Expo America – the biggest publishing conference in the country – took place this week in New York, focused on digital like never before.Among other things: Barnes & Noble unveiled its new Simple Touch Reader, Kobo debuted its super easy reader, Bloomsbury announced a digital imprint for re