In Thailand, Elephant Sashimi is All the Rage
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 30, 2012
A growing taste for elephant meat in Thailand adds to the growing list of endangered animals winding up on people's plates.
Categories: Asian, Environment, Featured Columnists, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Religion, Top Stories
Tags: andrewlam, ap, deforestation, elephant, endangered, environment, poaching, thailand
Tigers: Man-Eaters Eaten by Man
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 20, 2012
Tigers are being poached, eaten, made into medicine, and the demand is at an all-time high even as they face extinction.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Environment, Featured Columnists, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, food
Tags: china, consumption, extinction, food, illegal, medicine, nature, poaching, tiger, vietnam, wild life
Iraq’s Unfinished Story—Millions of Refugees Abandoned by U.S.
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jan 06, 2012
After its withdrawal from Iraq, America appears ready to wash its hands of millions of displaced refugees struggling in the wake of our exit.
Categories: Asian, Featured Columnists, Immigration, International Affairs, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: egypt, foreign policy, hmong, iraq, middleeast, refugee, syria, United states, vietnam, war