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Nadia SpockNS

Nadia Spock

Nadia was an intern for PRI’s The World during the summer of 2016. Currently a student at Knox College, Nadia is pursuing a degree in Gender and Women’s Studies with a minor in Journalism. She works as the Managing Editor for The Knox Student, Knox’s weekly newspaper.When Nadia’s not talking feminism, you can find her with a pint of ice cream and a Boggle board. 
Professional basketball player Indira Kaljo has spent the past two years campaigning to permanently lift FIBA's head covering rule.
Conflict
Will basketball’s ruling body allow women to play with a hijab?
People queue outside hawker Chan Hong Meng's Michelin star awarded stall, for his soya sauce chicken rice and noodle at a food market in Singapore.
Culture
Singapore gets the world’s first Michelin star for a food stall
Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump applauds onstage as his running-mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence concludes his speech during the third night of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. July 20, 2016.
Global Politics
Trump’s comments leave some European leaders worried about the future of NATO
Yusuf Omar, mobile editor of the Hindustan Times, is using Snapchat to give sexual abuse survivors a voice.
Conflict
Snapchat gives a voice to survivors of sexual abuse
Democratoz is an Algerian Rai and Reggae band based out of the city of Oran.
Music
Algerian rai, reggae and revolution: All this band needs is democracy
Still from Killing Fields showing actors Sam Waterston and Haing Ngor
Media
Two people who made the world confront a genocide
Larry the Downing Street cat lays on the pavement, in central London, Britain July 13, 2016.
Media
Larry the cat remains on Downing Street
Black Lives Matter July 8 2016
Conflict
There’s a lot you can do to hold US police accountable
Lesnoe Ozero is a Russian language camp located in Bemidji, MN.
Culture
Balalaikas and banyas: An average summer at Russian language camp
Case closed on Toronto's High Park capybara escape.
Culture
It’s back to the pen for Canada’s fugitive capybaras
London welcomes Johnston100, the new typeface of the London Undergound.
Arts
Mind the font: London’s Underground is getting a new look
A photo shot and tweeted from the floor of the House by U.S. House Rep. John Yarmuth shows Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives, including Rep. Joe Courtney (L) and Rep. John Lewis (C) staging a sit-in on the House floor "to demand acti
Media
Democrats sit down and take a stand with social media
Kyushu University professor Kosuke Morita, head of a team of scientists who discovered element 113, points to the superheavy synthetic element on a periodic table at a news conference at the RIKEN institute's research centre in Wako, Saitama Prefecture, J
Science
Japan gives its first element a name, and it’s nihonium
Hillary Clinton speaks to supporters during her California primary night rally held in the Brooklyn, New York on Tuesday.
Global Politics
With Hillary Clinton shifting her attention to November, her foreign policy experience moves to the forefront
A view of Ponte Vecchio (Old Bridge) in Florence, Italy
Culture
How the rich and famous remain rich and famous in Florence, Italy