AltWeeklies Wire
Matthew Hodes, Peacemakernew
The Carter Center's conflict resolution director flies into places most people want to escape.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
05-17-2007 |
International
Tags: international, Metropolis
Mexico is Milking its Northern Deserts Drynew
Mexico's arid north -- 54 percent of the nation's land surface -- is drying out and blowing away in the wind at an alarming rate as desertification transforms this always-hardscrabble terrain into an American Sahara.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
John Ross |
05-16-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Sudan's Lost Boysnew
What is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng, Dave Eggers' latest novel, is a fictionalized account of Deng, one of the Sudanese "Lost Boys" who immigrated to the United States in 2001.
LEO Weekly |
Elizabeth Kramer |
05-15-2007 |
International
Tags: international
The Truth About Edwin Wilsonnew
When the CIA lies, where does a spook go to get his reputation back?
Houston Press |
Keith Plocek |
05-07-2007 |
International
Tags: international
We're At the Breaking Pointnew
While the explosive detainee torture scandal continues to monopolize the front pages, a growing chorus of defence experts are declaring NATO's Afghanistan mission to be on the razor's edge of stinging humiliation.
NOW Magazine |
Paul Weinberg |
05-04-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Blackwater Seeps Through Loopholes In Other Countries
Inside Chile's "mercenary problem."
Random Lengths News |
Erik Kongshaug |
05-02-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Adios, Fidelnew
And hello again -- why some Florida immigrant groups are tired of the endless Castro drama.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Amy Guthrie |
05-01-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Teach the Children to Shootnew
Chicago photographer Matt Cassel gives Palestinian kids the tools to tell their stories.
Chicago Reader |
Stacey Dugan |
04-30-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Zimbabwe Dictator Mugabe's Expiration Datenew
Squeeze on brutal dictator by his partners in crime could usher him out of history.
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
04-06-2007 |
International
Tags: international
From Iraq and Backnew
Omar Fekeiki's work with the Washington Post in his native country brought him death threats and a rare ticket to UC Berkeley. So why does he want to return?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Witherell |
04-04-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Iranian-born Azar Nafisi Urges Americans to Thinknew
The Reading Lolita in Tehran author undertakes delicate work as her home and homeland square off.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Naomi Zeveloff |
03-27-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Calling Israel's Bluffnew
Jamal Zahalka, an Arab Israeli parliamentarian, insists there is a separate and lesser order of citizen rights for the 20 percent of Israelis who are Arab.
NOW Magazine |
Dina Awad |
03-16-2007 |
International
Tags: international
What Africa's Population Explosion Meansnew
By 2050, a quarter of the Earth's people will live in Africa, up from 8 percent in the 60s.
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
03-16-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Raed Jarrar on Iraqnew
Like everyone you know, Raed Jarrar has an opinion on Iraq -- unlike most everyone else, he grew up there.
Willamette Week |
Julie Sabatier |
03-15-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Roy Bourgeois of School of the Americas Watch Fights Backnew
The founder of SOA Watch says the organization is "out of the desert," and he's got a Congressional bill to prove it.
New Haven Advocate |
Hugh Elton |
02-27-2007 |
International
Tags: international
