War Is Over

By Citizen Correspondent Yoko Ono
Dear Jake, This is an age where one hero cannot conquer Evil. Evil is a dis-ease presented to us as our fate. Many times, it is presented to us as an illusion of goodness, so we get confused, don’t free ourselves from it and be destroyed by it. To conquer evil, each one of us must first clearly see what it is… that... Full Story »

I Do, The Dollars Don't: Recession Impacts Weddings

By Citizen Correspondent Joe Jackson and Bilal Haye
This film was produced as part of a class project on the effects of the US economic downturn for the Columbia Graduate School Of Journalism. Read more of this class's work here. Full Story »

Iced: Surviving New England's Ice Storm

By Citizen Correspondent Ira Shull
As I went to bed around 10 pm, there was a loud pop outside, like a gunshot. Then another pop, followed by another. I put a pillow over my head. Around 11, the power went out. I couldn’t sleep, so I kept listening. The rain pounded on the skylight in the bedroom. I heard another, even scarier noise, like a large animal sliding... Full Story »

I Was Almost Crushed By A Whistler Gondola

By Citizen Correspondent Matthew Jenke
My cousin Aaron Schuurman, 25, and I (Matthew Jenke, 21) arrived at the last stop just beside the Blackcomb gondola at about 2:25 p.m., after coming from Nordic Estates, a five-minute bus ride from the village. After finally figuring out what bus we had to catch, we started what we presumed would be a short and sweet walk from... Full Story »

Tennessee Environmental Catastrophe: Please Help!

By Citizen Correspondent Kevin Bartoy
On Monday, over 500 million gallons of toxic coal ash sludge was released from a Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) power plant when dike at the a waste pond completely failed. Constructed in the 1960s, the dike had previously... Full Story »