Culture finds: MLK in India, immigration reform and girls on bikes in Ghana

Ghana, 2008: Rahinatu, age 15, and Sherifatu, age 16, at attend school in the town of Tarikpaa. The bicycles nearby were distributed through a UNICEF-funded program to help cut children’s travel time in rural areas, where long distances are a major barrier to girls’ school enrollment. (UNICEF/NYHQ2008-0866/Olivier Asselin)

Martin Luther King Recording Found In India
In February and March 1959, Dr. Martin Luther King and his wife, Coretta Scott King, traveled throughout India. Nearly 50 years after that visit, staff at All India Radio discovered a message taped by Doctor King. In it, he emphasizes his intellectual debt to Mahatma Gandhi's message of nonviolent social action.

Make or Break Year for Immigration Reform
Immigration reform remains on the national agenda with increasing urgency.

How bicycles help girls learn
Fifteen-year-old Rahinatu has a lot of responsibilities. In Ghana where she lives, as in many countries, adolescent girls like her are expected to play a major role in taking care of the household. And Rahinatu's chores take priority over just about everything else—including, alas, education.