Dec 13th, 2009 · Last week's murder conviction in Italy against American student Amanda Knox outraged many Americans. Some denounced it as a miscarriage of justice. Knox and her Italian boyfriend were convicted of murdering her British roommate, Meredith Kercher. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli says much of the coverage on both sides of the Atlantic was distorted by cross-cultural misunderstandings like language mistakes, differences in judicial systems and general U.S.-European clashes.
Keywords: European · Italy · Americans · Italian · Trial · culture · convicted · outrage · British · students · Justice · language
Nov 10th, 2009 · Williams, who police say is 38, is charged in Georgia with burglary and criminal trespassing. He called the alleged burglary "a misunderstanding between me and two stupid detectives."
Keywords: Georgia · criminal · comedian · Williams · stupid · misunderstandings · Trespass · burglary · Katt
Apr 19th, 2009 · Writer Mary Gaitskill delves into the innermost thoughts of her characters, however troubling they may be. Ideas of sex and psychosis often unfold on the page, painting portraits of damaged souls. But Gaitskill tells host Jacki Lyden that critics often misunderstand her work. She says they focus on the fragility of her characters because it's frightening. Gaitskill's new collection of short stories is called Don't Cry.
Keywords: Sex · soul · Jacki Lyden · Mary · boundaries · portrait · Psychosis · Gaitskill · Frightening · misunderstandings · innermost · emDo
Feb 26th, 2009 · Professional partisans and intellectuals are projecting political theories onto Barack Obama. But trying to pin an ideological mission on the new president seems wrongheaded; it fundamentally misunderstands his aspirations.
Keywords: politics · president · Mission · partisan · ideological · theories · Obama · intellectual · misunderstandings · Barack Obama · aspirations · rorschach
Nov 21st, 2008 · The U.S. military has been embedding social scientists with troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. These anthropologists offer their knowledge about local cultures to help troops avoid misunderstandings, but the program, called the Human Terrain System, has seen many problems in recent months.
Keywords: Afghanistan · Iraq · local · culture · Scientists · military · social · anthropologists · knowledge · misunderstandings · Human Terrain System
Sep 21st, 2008 · In two new films, director Wayne Wang examines what it means to be a Chinese immigrant in the 21st century. A Thousand Years of Good Prayers and The Princess of Nebraska explore cultural misunderstandings occurring across generations within the Asian community.
Keywords: community · director · China · culture · immigration · Asian · Thousand Years of Good Prayers · explore · misunderstandings · Wayne · Wang · emA
Jul 4th, 2008 · The Abrahamson family of New York City has a unique binary reality. They are both African-American and Hasidic Jews. In this week's Faith Matters conversation, the Abramsons discuss belonging to two communities that often misunderstand one another.
Keywords: African American · communities · Jewish · Family · New York City · misunderstandings · binary · Abrahamson · Hasidic Jews · emFaith · Abramsons
Feb 8th, 2008 · The Army Surgeon General says he was mistaken when he denied that the Army had told the Veterans Affairs Department not to help injured soldiers at Fort Drum to challenge their disability ratings. Eric Schoomaker says the whole thing was a misunderstanding and it is fine for the VA to help the soldiers.
Keywords: Soldiers · injured · army · Va · denial · disability · misunderstandings · Veterans Affairs Department · Fort Drum · Army Surgeon General · Eric Schoomaker
