Reconstruction

Before Obama: Remembering Black Reconstruction Era Politicians

Matthew Lynch, Ed.D. | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Politics, History, Reconstruction, African Americans, Black History Month, Obama Administration, Black Voices News

Every February, we celebrate the accomplishments and sacrifices of outstanding African Americans. Why? Because it allows us to pay homage to our ances...

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A New Paradigm for Breast Cancer Treatment and Reconstruction

Michael Yaremchuk, M.D. | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Breast Reconstruction Surgery, Double Mastectomy, Giuliana Rancic Breast Cancer, Breast Mastectomy, Reconstruction, Mastectomy, Mastectomy Reconstruction, Breast Cancer, Mastectomy Surgery, Breast Cancer Mastectomy, Healthy Living News

This year, almost 300,000 U.S. women will have been diagnosed with some form of breast cancer. A new trend in the treatment and rehabilitation with women diagnosed with breast cancer has evolved in many major medical centers.

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Why Doesn't Reconstruction Work?

Peter Van Buren | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Iraq, Afghanistan, Reconstruction, Hearts and Minds, Iraq Reconstruction, U.S. Reconstruction, Afghanistan Reconstruction, Politics News

When a relationship begins with a war and an invasion, and all the acts of violence that go along with that, you start deep in a hole. As corruption, mistakes, accidents and half-hearted efforts plague reconstruction, that hole only gets deeper.

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The World's Newest Nations

Marcelo Giugale | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Infrastructure, Commodities, New Nations, Money, Inflation, Reconstruction, United Nations, Globalization, Jobs, Public Services, Fiscal Policy, South Sudan Independence, South Sudan, World News

Say that your province or region suddenly becomes an independent country -- with recognition from the United Nations and all. After the celebrations end, and the celebrities leave, the real decision-making begins.

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The Long, Corrupt History Of The Corporate Person

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: 14th Amendment, Justice Stephen Field, Video, Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific Railroad, Corporate Citizenship, Reconstruction, Corporate Personhood, Corporate Person, Jack Beatty, Citizens United, Liberty of Contract, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Of all the Occupy Wall Street refrains, one of the most memorable is, "I refuse to believe that corporations are people until Texas exec...

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Every Day, In Every Way, Accountability Is Not Getting Better

David Isenberg | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Private Military Contractor, Accountability, Afghanistan, Reconstruction, Business News

Private military and security contracting folks like to point out that despite past mistakes and problems in oversight and accountability of such contracts, overall things are getting better. But are they really?

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Mississippi Gets First Black Major Party Candidate For Governor In Modern Times

AP | EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, Haley Barbour, Reconstruction, Mississippi Race, Elections 2012, Racism, Mississippi Governor, Race, Johnny DuPree, Johnny DuPree Mississippi, Politics News

JACKSON, Miss. — Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree on Tuesday became the first black candidate in modern times to win major-party nod for Mississi...

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Building Back Better: Joplin and the Case for Adaptation

Susanna Murley | Posted 08.03.2011

Read More: LEED Certification, Greensburg Kansas, Joplin Tornado, Planet Forward, Adaptation, Reconstruction, Green News

As long we've been around, humans have blamed someone else -- gods, fates, earth itself -- for natural disasters. But, now that science suggests we have ourselves to blame, how should we react?

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Charlie Wilson's War on Libya

Sam Koppelman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gaddafi, Lockerbie, Charlie Wilson's War, Middle East, Reconstruction, Haiti, Libya War, Afghanistan War, Politics News

How do we make the endgame work in Libya? I'm only 15. This is the first time I've had the chance to watch a war unfold as an aware and politically active person.

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Americans Would Doom an American Reconstruction Effort to Failure

David A. Love | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Japan Earthquake, Marshall Plan, World, Japan Tsunami, Germany, Income Inequality, New Deal, Economy, Nuclear Power, Reconstruction, Economic Crisis, Health Care Reform, Global Marshall Plan, Japan, Inequality, World News, Politics News

There is no question that the devastation caused by the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accidents in Japan, already estimated at $180 billion, will ge...

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Japan Quake: When to Start Rebuilding

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rebuilding, Earthquake, Tsunami, Architecture for Humanity, Reconstruction, Japan, Japan Relief, Japan Earthquake, Japan Recovery, Japan Relief Efforts, Impact News

For those not used to working in disasters, the first week is chaotic. It is not the time for architects to show up to rebuild. People are trying to find their loved ones, not think about what their lives will look like in 10 years.

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Reject the Confederacy, Celebrate Reconstruction

Clarence Lusane | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Civil War, American Slavery, Reconstruction, Black History Month, Slavery, Politics News

Just as the radical Republicans, abolitionists, and black activists challenged the arguments of neo-Confederates in the 1860s and 1870s, so, too, should those notions be fought against once again today.

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Nothing Worse Than Being All Mouth and No Trousers

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mali, Chile, End of Year Giving, New Orleans, Brazil, Pakistan, Reconstruction, Rebuilding, Donations, Haiti, Impact News

This is what my mum used to say to me. I didn't realize what it actually meant but as a nine year old I took it to mean -- don't just talk about something, do it.

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Rangel and the Ghosts of Censure

Charles D. Ellison | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harlem, Censure, House of Representatives, Black Politics, Charles Rangel, Reconstruction, Adam Clayton Powell, Korean War, Black, Blake Chisam, Charlie Rangel, House Ethics Committee, New York, African Americans, Politics News

Rangel is among an uncomfortably long list of Black lawmakers being probed by the House Ethics Committee, and many wonder out loud about the motivations.

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Haiti: Our Promise, Our History, Our Neighbor

Rev. Jesse Jackson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Haiti Reconstruction, Reconstruction, Haiti, United Nations, World News

Haiti must have a higher place on our priority list. In March, the United States pledged $1.15 billion in aid to Haiti, but to date it has paid nothing; the money is tied up in the congressional appropriations process.

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What's Right with America? Let Me List the Books

Robert David Steele | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Leadership, Global Game, Whole System, Reflective Practice, Stabilization, Decision-Support, Self-Determination, Web of Knowledge, Secession, Community, Collective Intelligence, Innovtion, Future, World Brain, Integrity, Peace, World Mind, Civilization, Culture, Voices, History, Global Brain, Liberty, Intelligence, Cognitive Science, Natural Capitalism, Values, Bio-Economics, Africa, Analysis, Freedom, Epoch B, Deliberative Dialog, Clarity, Systemic Inquiry, Technology, Common Wealth, Reconciliation, Strategy, Goodness, Bio-Mimicry, Social Capitalism, Reconstruction, Human Scale, Ecological Economics, Compassion, Conscious Evolution, Evolutionary Activism, Web 2.0, Atlases, Philosophy Priorities, Information, Health, Web 4.0, Integral Consciousness, Cosmos, Diversity, China, Truth, Universe, Politics News

I became the #1 Amazon reviewer for non-fiction [or 32/216 overall including movies, software, and fiction) quite by accident, loading 300 reviews fr...

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Liberia's Diaspora Returns Home to Rebuild

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marc Kielburger, Liberia, Development, Craig Kielburger, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Reconstruction, African Diaspora, World News

Henry Benson got off a plane in his native Liberia to a country resembling nothing of what he left.

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Beware of Generals Carrying Metrics

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: General Petraeus, Reconstruction, Counterinsurgency, Afghanistan War, Petraeus Afghanistan, World News

The newest way General Petraeus plans to measure success in the war in Afghanistan reminded me of what the government did when its campaign to persuade the public to stop smoking did not make much headway.

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Pakistan: Community Led Sustainable Reconstruction

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rebuilding, Reconstruction, Architecture for Humanity, Flooding, Pakistan, Impact News

The last thing we need to do is implement a broken system of top down 'hand out' relief. It is our mission to make sure that we are building back better but also in a sustainable manner, not just environmentally but economically too.

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Ignoring Floods in Pakistan Can Lead to Terrorism

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Disaster, Flooding, Usaid, Natural Disasters, Reconstruction, Pakistan, Terrorism, How to Help Pakistan Flooding, Pakistan Terrorism, Pakistan Flooding, Pakistan Floods, World News

Not all natural disasters are created equally. It is the most random hooks that spark international response. And lack of international response in regionally sensitive areas are a breeding ground for terrorism.

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Haiti Rebuild: Local Ts, Local Jobs

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economic Recovery, Recovery, Reconstruction, Sustainable, Haiti, Impact News

Why can't volunteer groups and NGOs in Haiti source t-shirts in the country and help stimulate the local economy?

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Haiti: Six Months After the Earthquake

Sarah Cliffe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Earthquake, Youth, Latin America & Caribbean, Governance, Children, Education, World Bank, Displacement, Childrens Health, Reconstruction, Development, Un, wdr2011, Haiti, Post Conflict, World News

Haiti was on a slow road to recovery when the quake hit. For many Haitians their nation's double tragedy is far from over. Although there are signs of hope and improvement.

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Haiti Rebuild: The Last Responders

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education, Recovery, Haiti Earthquake, Sustainability, Reconstruction, Schools, Anniversary, Haiti, Responders, Impact News

Today we will hear from many Monday morning quarterbacks over what should have happened and what we should do for Haiti. In fact, expect a whole stadium full of them -- none of whom have spent a night there this year.

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Haiti Rebuild: How BP Can Drill Back Respect and Save Lives

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, British Petroleum, Tony Hayward, Haiti Earthquake, Gulf Oil Spill, Reconstruction, Haiti, Impact News

In the information age the oil spill has drowned Haiti out of the news cycle. It is time for BP to make amends and win back the respect of the global community. They can do it with an eight-word press release: "BP will build every water well in Haiti."

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McChrystal's Revenge: Everyone Hates Karl Eikenberry

Josh Mull | Posted 05.25.2011

I am the Afghanistan Blogging Fellow for The Seminal and Brave New Foundation. You can read my work on The Seminal or at Rethink Afghanistan. The view...

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