newyorker.com, Feb. 17, 2016, 5 min read, original Jocelerme Privert has been appointed the interim President of Haiti, but an official successor to...
ON HAITI: Haiti Has a President
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ON AFGHANISTAN: Profiting off of chaos: How the U.S. privatized its war in Afghanistan
salon.com, by Ben Norton, Feb. 16, 2016, 6 min read, original Journalist Antony Loewenstein tells Salon how corporations exploit violent conflicts...
ON THE MEDIA: Strong, independent media critical for good governance
devex.com, 03 February 2016, by Jeanne Bourgault, Kristin Lord, 3 min read, original A presenter reads the news at Radio Shabelle in Somalia. How...
ON DEVELOPMENT: Brazil’s School Lunch Program Is Putting Food on the Table for the Country’s Small Farmers
PRI The World, pulitzercenter.org, Feb. 10, 2016, 4 min read, original Two women walk between rows of pumpkin plants in the outskirts of Promissão,...
ON AFGHANISTAN: What Can Be Done to Revive Afghanistan’s Economy?
United States Institute of Peace, February 9, 2016, William A. Byrd Reviving the Afghan economy during a time of intensifying violent conflict,...
ON THE MEDIA: Sundance rundown: This year’s standout documentaries
Child gangs in Afghanistan, prostitutes in Mexico and two moviemakers kidnapped by Kim Jong Il are festival highlights January 27, 2016 5:30AM...
HAITI: For US in Haiti, black votes don’t matter
america.aljazeera.com, by Mark Weisbrot @Markweisbrot, 3 min read, original Journalists are taught in school to avoid euphemisms. When someone dies,...
ON THE MEDIA: The Fearful World of Network News in 2015
ipsnews.net, by Jim Lobe, 9 min read, original Andrew Tyndall - If your view of world events outside the U.S. was shaped in substantial part by...
AFGHANISTAN; DEVELOPMENT: UN reduces Afghanistan appeal but urges other donors to do more
As hunger and malnutrition threaten millions of Afghans, UN in Kabul says US aid to the country is ‘small change’ compared with its military...
ON THE MEDIA: Herzog and Oppenheimer draw lines regarding documentary filmmaking
parkrecord.com, Scott Iwasaki, Jan. 26, 2016, original Filmmakers Werner Herzog, left, and Joshua Oppenheimer talked about their craft as...
HAITI: Haiti Since the Earthquake
newyorker.com, by Jon Lee Anderson, Feb. 1, 2016, original Before Michel Martelly was the President, he was Sweet Micky, a popular singer....
ON THE MEDIA: Syrian activists promote filmmaking, reading to ease daily suffering
al-monitor.com - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East Author: As-Safir (Lebanon) Posted January 18, 2016, original Despite the cruelty of the...