Sarah Dougherty

Palestinians Have Some Advice For The People Of Ferguson, Missouri

They know perhaps better than anyone how to handle what is looking very much like a military occupation.

Sarah Dougherty
By Sarah Dougherty
Police Shooting Missouri

Ferguson, Missouri looks like a war zone right now, thanks to the presence of police officers clad in military riot gear, perched on military tanks, aiming military rifles. Basically, this: This is unacceptable - #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/YbAsf7uQEh — Anonymous (@C0d3fr0sty) August 14, 2014 This is a police department?!! What kind of

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This Building In Lagos, Nigeria Could Be The World’s Most Futuristic School

It might not have a lot of fancy electronics. But it will survive rising sea levels.

Sarah Dougherty
By Sarah Dougherty
The Makoko Floating School is buoyed on a platform of plastic barrels.

The children of Makoko, a waterfront slum in Lagos, Nigeria, might have the world’s most futuristic school. It's just been shortlisted for the Design of the Year 2014 award by London’s Design Museum and it’s easy to see why. The Makoko Floating School is a minimalist, open-air structure that combines the adaptive insights of the local community

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