4 children rescued from rubble of Haiti school
PETIONVILLE, Haiti — Rescuers pulled four children alive Saturday from the rubble of a three-story Haitian school that collapsed on classrooms f...
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Driving Through History
Mike Barnicle | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics
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Election Day,
Voters,
Haiti,
Obama,
Haitian Immigrants,
2008 Election,
Barack Obama,
Voting,
Politics News
Obama has managed to prod optimism out of millions who felt run down, run over or simply ignored by a politics that took many of their children to war and too much out of their paychecks.
How Spreading the Wealth Rescued a Mother Thanks to CODEPINK and ANP
Linda Milazzo | Posted 10.20.2008 | Media
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Goldman Sacks,
John McCain,
Anp,
Predatory Lenders,
Home Auction,
Jocelyne Voltaire,
Joe the Plumber,
2008 Presidential Campaign,
Codepink,
Queens Village,
American News Project,
Spread the Wealth,
Haiti,
Sarah Palin,
New York City,
Barack Obama,
Home Foreclosure,
Economy,
Media News
Who is Jocelyne Voltaire, and why is her story more relevant to America's current crisis than that of plumber Joe?
Unsung Heroes
Arthur Fournier | Posted 10.03.2008 | Living
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Poverty and Health,
Philanthropy,
Haiti Poverty,
International Philanthropy,
Clinton Global Initiative,
Haiti,
Floods,
Flooding,
Living News
After reports of devastating floods in Haiti, Americans opened their hearts to flood victims. Dignitaries and celebrities visited and international relief agencies ministered emergency aid.
The Good Doctor Prescribes Health Care for the World's Poor
Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 10.03.2008 | Home
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HIV/AIDS,
Developing World,
Paul Farmer,
Haiti,
Marc Kielburger,
Universal Health Care,
Tuberculosis,
Craig Kielburger,
Home News
We met Paul Farmer sitting on the steps of the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford. He is a very busy man. But today, he spent the afternoon talking with u...
Matt Damon And Wyclef Jean Help Haitian Flood Victims
AP | ALEXANDRA OLSON | Posted 09.14.2008 | Entertainment
CABARET, Haiti — Matt Damon kept his cool as he helped distribute food from a truck that got stuck in the mud in a western Haitian town where Hu...
Hurricane Ike Upon Us: Cuba, Haiti, Texas Need Help!
Richard Walden | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics
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Political Campaigns,
Philanthropy,
Ike,
Hurricane Gustav,
Hurricane Ike,
Cuba,
Giving,
Gulf Coast,
Haiti,
Politics News
It's hard to pay attention unless you are living at ground zero.
No Time for Subtlety
Arthur Fournier | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics
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Natural Disasters,
Extreme Weather,
Flood,
Miami,
Water,
Haiti,
Hurricanes,
Disaster Relief,
Disaster Relief Organizations,
Politics News
Most of Haiti's 8-12 million people live in an inaccessible interior, rarely visited by the press, who focuses more on the coastal areas of the country.
Gustav Floods Haiti, Kills 11, Heads Toward Cuba
AP | JONATHAN M. KATZ | Posted 08.27.2008 | Home
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Gustav stalled offshore Wednesday and poured more misery onto Haiti after landslides and flooding killed 23 people. Oil ...
Hurricane Gustav Hits Haiti, Jindal May Have To Miss Republican Convention
Posted 08.26.2008 | Home
The Associated Press reports: PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Hurricane Gustav barreled into Haiti on Tuesday, toppling trees, dumping rain and sending glo...
In Response to the ABC Nightline Special on Sex Trade in Haiti
Arthur Fournier | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics
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Orphanages,
HIV/AIDS,
Poverty,
Dan Harris,
Health,
Freedom,
Haiti,
Aids,
Sexual Slavery,
Politics News
Exploitation of vulnerable people has nothing to do with ethnicity or culture and everything to do with poverty and the survival choices poor people are forced to make.
White Voters of a Different Color
Ferentz LaFargue | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics
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Asian Americans,
2008 Democratic Primary,
John McCain,
Hillary Clinton,
Latino Voters,
Barack Obama,
Haiti,
White Working Class Voters,
Politics News
The presence of my brown skin parents in the white working class voter demographic indicates how vexing it must be for pundits trying to figure out this bloc of voters.
America: A Moral Leader?
Rev. Jesse Jackson | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics
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Drought,
World Food Crisis,
Ethiopia,
World Hunger,
Egypt,
World Bank,
Food Crisis,
Food Aid,
Haiti,
Politics News
The world food crisis - the "silent tsunami" - now threatens some 100 million people across the world. The danger is real and present.
The View from Haiti
Rev. Jesse Jackson | Posted 05.03.2008 | Politics
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Global Food Crisis,
World Bank,
Food Prices,
Food,
World Hunger,
Riot,
Hunger,
Haiti,
Politics News
It's the middle of the day; the sun is up, the heat rising in Port au Prince, the capitol of Haiti. Thousands are looking for work, any work; work that might pay them enough to eat for hunger is on the march here.
Paraiso Travel Reopened My Eyes to the Immigrant's Plight - Illegal and Legal
Shira Levine | Posted 05.01.2008 | Entertainment
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TFF 2008,
Ana De La Reguera,
Jonathan Sanger,
Illegal Immigration,
Simon Brand,
Colombia,
Paraiso Travel,
Papa Doc,
Tribeca Film Festival,
Angelica Blandon,
Illegal Immigrants,
John Leguizamo,
Aldemar Correa,
Haiti,
Tribeca Film Festival 2008,
Entertainment News
Paraiso Travel doesn't glorify the anguish illegal immigrants experience with a happy ending or a triumphant win.
Food Riots Skyrocket, World Leaders Have No Solutions
Wall Street Journal | BOB DAVIS, DOUGLAS BELKIN | Posted 04.14.2008 | Business
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Higher Prices,
Finance Ministers,
Food Shortages,
Food Riots,
Robert Zoellick,
Commodity Prices,
World Bank,
Jacques Edouard Alexis,
Bio-Fuels,
Haiti,
Corn-Based Ethanol,
Global Food Prices,
Ethanol,
Global Financial Crisis,
Surging Prices,
Global Riots,
Business News
Finance ministers gathered this weekend to grapple with the global financial crisis also struggled with a problem that has plagued the world periodica...
The Subprime Food Industry
Ferentz LaFargue | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics
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Subprime Food Crisis. Life and Debt,
Food Prices,
Subprime Food Industry,
Subprime Mortgage Crisis,
Haiti,
Organic Food,
Food,
Organic Eating,
Organic Foods,
Politics News
Haiti's fragile democracy is once again being challenged: this time by a subprime food crisis.
Global Poverty at its Worst: Mud Cookies in Haiti
Kimberly Green | Posted 02.19.2008 | Living
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Project Medishare,
Brad Pitt,
Global Poverty Act,
Poverty,
Charity,
Slums,
Haiti,
Angelina Jolie,
Haiti Poverty,
Global Poverty,
Mud Cookies,
Living News
If a Haitian woman knows a mud cookie, a bacteria-filled pastry, is not good for her then why does she eat it? The simple answer -- she has few options.
Corrupt Polling and the Media
Richard Morse | Posted 11.08.2007 | Media
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Polls,
Edwards,
Debate,
Domincan Republic,
Clinton,
Pakistan,
Paris Hilton,
Debate Coverage,
Campaign Polls,
Obama,
Media,
Debate Polls,
Election Polls,
Brittany Spears,
Tropical Storm Noelle,
Haiti,
Slanted Media Coverage,
Media News
You're telling me there was a thirty percent shift in the polls after the last debate which no one saw. Give me a break!
Protect Democracy Defender: Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine Kidnapped in Haiti
Robert Naiman | Posted 10.17.2007 | Politics
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Congress,
Democracy,
Human Rights,
Haiti,
Haitian Democracy,
Kidnapping in Haiti,
Democracy in Haiti,
Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine,
Politics News
Few have fought as hard for democracy as the Haitian people.
Edwidge Danticat Testifies
Jane Ciabattari | Posted 10.10.2007 | Media
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Edwidge Dandicat,
Brother I'm Dying,
Edwidge Dandicat Immigration,
National Book Critics Circle,
Haiti,
Edwidge Dandicat Memoir,
Media News
Recently author Edwidge Danticat testified before the U.S. Congress' Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International Law.
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