Today's quick reads
Three articles selected for you today from New Internationalist magazine.
Southern Exposure: Lebo Thoka
An iconic self-portrait by South African photographer Lebo Thoka.
Organized acts of kindness
US debts wiped clean through crowdfunding.
Rock that burns
431 - April, 2010
Shared 7 times.
There are tar sands deposits all over the world. Mika Minio-Paluello visits two of them.
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