By Katie Laughridge From Tribune News Service In a day and age where most everything we purchase is mass-produced, there’s something magical about the beauty found in the slowness of handmade goods. Block printed textiles are lovely in part because of homespun nature of the craft. I fell in love with the art of block…

A group of men armed with sledgehammers and a knife forced their way into the Epoch Times printing facilities in Hong Kong and destroyed equipment needed to print the newspaper. After the incident, global lawmakers responded to condemn what is believed to be actions carried out on behalf of the Chinese government. In this live…