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Shefali S. Kulkarni

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Shefali S. Kulkarni worked at The World in 2014 as the digital producer for Global Nation.Shefali has also worked as a health care reporter for Kaiser Health News, a non-profit news service in Washington D.C. She wrote a variety of stories about domestic health care policy, from coverage for patients with eating disorders, to how a roll of duct tape could save hospitals thousands of dollars in overhead costs. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, Politico and NPR's health blog "Shots".After graduating from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, Shefali worked as the Mary Wright Fellow for The Village Voice. She blogged for the Voice's "Runnin' Scared" blog — including a blog post about using fake 'coffee names' that was featured on NPR's "All Things Considered". After that, she worked as an editorial assistant for The Daily Beast/Newsweek where she learned the ins-and-outs of social media and helped operate their Twitter and Facebook accounts. Shefali is a board member of the South Asian Journalists Association, a non-profit journalism organization with members from around the globe.Shefali hails from Hillsboro, Oregon, and really misses going berry-picking, drinking incredible coffee, and strolling through farmers markets in the summer. She is an avid photographer, but does not look cool holding her iPhone, and is saving up for a camera that doesn't ring. Shefali also loves to ride her bike almost everywhere, and looks very cool in her helmet. She tends to stress-bake brownies for anyone who will eat them, and is a life-long chocoholic. However, she strongly believes that white chocolate was just a well-marketed mistake.
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Justice
The federal government is pushing back against Texas’ immigration block
Ferguson_Protest
Justice
What Ferguson has shown us about race relations in America
Visitors to the city of Amman's website were able to vote on the new uniform color for their city sanitation workers.
Conflict
Jordan’s sanitation workers switch uniform color to avoid ISIS orange
Iranian Women
Health
Iran may ban vasectomies, cut access to contraceptives to boost births
Soy Sauce
Food
Tsunami-proof: Japanese soy sauce rises from ruins of 2011 disaster
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Global Politics
Citing human rights violations, Obama freezes assets of Venezuelan officials
VanGogh
Arts
Why are van Gogh’s paintings slowly turning white?
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Sports
Guess who’s coming to Cuba? A New York soccer team
Selma Bridge
Justice
Fifty years after Selma’s ‘Bloody Sunday,’ immigrants join fight against racism
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Media
The director of ‘India’s Daughter’ flees India out of fear she’ll be arrested
YouTube
Media
India blocks the release of controversial Delhi gang rape documentary — on Indian TV and on YouTube
Yu Zhengsheng
Global Politics
Why are some of China’s top generals under investigation?
House of Cards_China
Media
China can’t get enough of ‘House of Cards’ and that scares Washington
Boris_Nemtsov
Global Politics
Let the conspiracy theories begin: Who killed Boris Nemtsov?
A photo of Bangladeshi American blogger, Avijit Roy, last year holding a book on Rabindranath Tagore. Roy blogged about scientific thought and apathy towards religion, taboo subjects in his home country of Bangladesh.
Belief
An atheist blogger in Bangladesh is hacked to death by religious fanatics
Jeh_Reuters
Justice
Undocumented immigrants play the waiting game after the White House pauses immigration action
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Media
This Muslim American cop show: ‘Not Law and Order: Special Muslims Unit’
ChapelHill
Conflict
Donations mushroom in honor of slain Muslim students; will help thousands who fled Syria
Brian Williams
Media
Will several days off air stop the Brian Williams scandal?
Tanzila "Taz" Ahmed and Zahra Noorbakhsh are the women behind the new podcast: Good Muslim/Bad Muslim.
Culture
How to eat pork, drink booze and be a ‘good’ Muslim
Culture
Are African immigrants African American?
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Food
Across America, many Christmas menus have decidedly immigrant roots
A photo of Tam Duong's family during Lunar New Year in the early 1990s. Tam, on the right in the red dress, is from Los Angeles and now lives in Boston. Her parents are from Vietnam and Duong says she was confused as to why Santa never came to their home.
Belief
There’s nothing traditional about an immigrant Christmas
Esteban Cabanas, 30, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, watches President Barack Obama's White House immigration speech on Thursday,
Justice
Initial reactions to Obama’s immigration speech range from joy to disappointment to anger
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Global Politics
Obama’s expected immigration announcement is being greeted with mixed emotions
George Takei, an ctor, activist and the star of the documentary "To Be Takei," spoke about the early part of his acting career, when he regretfully took on roles that furthered Asian stereotypes.
Culture
Racism shaped George Takei’s life ‘as fantastically as science fiction’
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Books
Forget Dora The Explorer: Where are all the kids books on immigrant communities?
Actress Elizabeth Pena poses backstage after receiving honors for Outstanding Actress in a New Television Series for "Resurrection Blvd." at the sixth annual American Latino Media Arts (ALMA) Awards April 22, 2001 in Pasadena, California.
Media
Elizabeth Peña paved the way for Latinas in Hollywood
The US Coast Guard intercepted a vessel carrying Cuban migrants en route to Florida this summer. New York Times reporter Frances Robles recently reported a story that highlights a slow but steady increase in the number of Cubans trying to enter the US.
Justice
Long, dangerous journeys aren’t stopping Cubans from trying to come to the US
Sruti Swaminathan, 22, is the daughter of Indian immigrants. She told photographer Quetzal Maucci that while growing up in the US, she was embarrassed to bring Indian food to school for lunch.
Culture
This young photographer brings the stories of immigrant children to light
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Justice
A Trinidadian immigrant reflects on her hometown of Ferguson, Missouri
Justice
Here’s an explanation about why there’s a backlog of immigration cases
Arizona
Conflict & Justice
The fierce debate over migrant children spurs rival protests in a small Arizona town
Conflict & Justice
This special security unit went from targeting drug smugglers to spotting unaccompanied kids
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Arts, Culture & Media
Watch an immigrant’s take on the most American of holidays
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Conflict & Justice
Why did a Southern California town block buses full of migrants?
Sports
These World Cup commercials are incredibly epic
Egypt's head coach Bob Bradley of the U.S. Looks on during their international friendly match against Brazil in Doha November 14, 2011.
Conflict & Justice
The former American coach of Egypt’s national soccer team recalls the Port Said riots
Egypt's head coach Bob Bradley of the U.S. Looks on during their international friendly match against Brazil in Doha November 14, 2011.
Conflict & Justice
The former American coach of Egypt’s national soccer team recalls the Port Said riots
Comedian Hari Kondabolu recently released his first comedy album "Waiting for 2042," referring to the year the US Census estimates the country will be a majority-minority nation.
Arts, Culture & Media
This comedian mixes humor with human rights — but insists you pronounce his name right
Modi
Global Politics
India’s elections are over and Indians in the US have mixed feelings about the results
A scene from Marc Silver's "Who is Dayani Cristal," which follows the journey a migrant's body undergoes once it's found along the US-Mexico border.
Conflict & Justice
This film is connecting immigrants’ bodies and remains with their families
Leo Kurcz, 89, prays at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Chicago, Illinois  on April 10, 2008. Hispanics still make up the majority of Catholics in the US. But a new national survey from the Pew Research Center reveals that the Catholic share of H
Lifestyle & Belief
Are Latinos in the US sticking to Catholicism?
Leo Kurcz, 89, prays at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Chicago, Illinois  on April 10, 2008. Hispanics still make up the majority of Catholics in the US. But a new national survey from the Pew Research Center reveals that the Catholic share of H
Lifestyle & Belief
Are Latinos in the US sticking to Catholicism?
Lolita Bosch is behind the website Nuestra Aparente Rendición (NAR), which puts a face to the victims of cartel-related violence in Mexico. Bosch, from Spain, has lived in Mexico for the past 20 years.
Conflict & Justice
Volunteers put a human face on Mexico’s drug violence
Lolita Bosch is behind the website Nuestra Aparente Rendición (NAR), which puts a face to the victims of cartel-related violence in Mexico. Bosch, from Spain, has lived in Mexico for the past 20 years.
Conflict & Justice
Volunteers put a human face on Mexico’s drug violence
Darsh Preet Singh stands next to his college basketball jersey on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, part of an exhibition on Indian-Americans. Singh is the first Sikh American to play basketball in the NCAA while wearing his
Sports
This Sikh American NCAA basketball player learned from his mother
People on the Mexican side of the border reach through fence in Nogales, Arizona, to receive Holy Communion from the Bishop of Tucson, Gerald Kicanas.
Conflict & Justice
Politics meets religion at a Catholic mass along the US-Mexico border
Migrants, mostly from Central America, take trains nicknamed "The Beast" through Mexico to the US border.
Conflict & Justice
Many immigrants in the US know this particularly dangerous train ride very well
Migrants, mostly from Central America, take trains nicknamed "The Beast" through Mexico to the US border.
Conflict & Justice
Many immigrants in the US know this particularly dangerous train ride very well
Arts, Culture & Media
This animated video shows what it was like to grow up in Pinochet’s Chile
A traditional Tibetan 'khabsey', or cookie, called 'sangha bahaley.' One of the many treats Tibetans eat on Lunar New Year, or Losar.
Arts, Culture & Media
Tibetans in the US still see the New Year as a time to celebrate, despite the conditions back home
Despina Economou, the Greek cooking instructor for League of Kitchens' cooking school.
Lifestyle & Belief
Learn authentic ethnic cuisine in an immigrant’s kitchen
Paul C. Lo is the first Hmong-American federal judge in history. He came to Colorado when he was 11 years old.
Lifestyle & Belief
The first Hmong American judge didn’t always acknowledge his roots
Sergio C. Garcia is an undocumented Mexican immigrant who will now be allowed to practice law in the state of California.
Conflict & Justice
He may not have a green card, but he does have his law license now