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But now, thanks to a quiet revolution under way, young victims like Suleiman need not perish. Over the past few years, several aid organizations and governments--including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the U.S. Agency for International Development--have begun distributing zinc supplements to villagers in Bangladesh, India and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Miracle Mineral | 12/7/2009 | See Source »

Lu Xun was a towering figure in Chinese letters who deserves to be much more widely read outside his homeland. This affordable volume comprises, over 416 pages, his complete fiction. Julia Lovell's are arguably the most accessible translations yet of such famous stories as "The Divorce," "New Year's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Orwell | 12/7/2009 | See Source »

England's George Orwell is another essential writer, and one with whom Lu Xun shares important traits. Each introduced new terms into the political lexicon: Ah-Q-ism (a proclivity for self-delusion) is as readily understood in China as references to Big Brother are elsewhere. Each author spent most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Orwell | 12/7/2009 | See Source »

Wondering what has been happening with True Love Revolution since October's blowup?

Author: By Amira Abulafi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: TLR Debate, Continued...in a National Forum? | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

Newsweek's November 6 article by Lisa Miller was entitled "Sexual Revolution, Part II: The fight over abstinence at Harvard." Miller seems to embrace the idea that abstinence can be an empowering way of escaping sexual discontent. Yet simultaneously, the article says that the polarizing "'one man, one woman' language...

Author: By Amira Abulafi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: TLR Debate, Continued...in a National Forum? | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

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