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Dirt Poor Haitians Eat Mud Cookies To Survive

WorldFocus | Posted 03.22.2009 | World

Read More: Poor Haitians, Poverty, Caribbean, Haiti Malnutrition, Dirt Cookies, Malnutrition, Hungry Haitians, Haiti Poverty, Haitians, Haiti Mud Cookies, Starvation, Haiti Poor, Hunger, Haiti, Haiti Dirt Cookies, Worldfocus, Mud Cookies, World News

The small island nation of Haiti relies heavily on food imports, but with prices soaring, some Haitians are resorting to eating mud. The cookies --...

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Haiti: Aristide, Ex-Rebel Barred From Senate Elections

AP | JONATHAN M. KATZ | Posted 03.09.2009 | World

Read More: Haiti, Haitians, Carribean, Caribbean, Aristide, Jean Bertrand Aristide, Premier Aristide, Aristide Ousted, Haitian Elections, World News

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti's electoral council has barred members of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's popular political party from r...

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Solving the Global Food Crisis: The Case for a "Poverty Czar"

Bruce Friedrich | Posted 03.01.2009 | World

Read More: Oecd, Global Poverty, Robert Zoellick, Chatham House, John Podesta, Food Crisis, United Nations, World Bank, Richard Holbrooke, George MItchell, Jacques Diouf, Nicholas Kristof, Paul Krugman, Hillary Clinton, Oxfam, Barack Obama, Gates Foundation, India, Poverty, Biofuels, Afghanistan, Pakistan, US Aid, Haiti Poverty, Middle East, Us Aid to Pakistan, Haiti, Food, Hunger in the United States, China, World News
Bruce Friedrich

Addressing global poverty at its roots means recognizing that the most significant factors driving up food costs are the diversion of crops to biofuels and the growing demand for meat.

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Haiti on the Brink

Arthur Fournier | Posted 02.28.2009 | World

Read More: Haiti Poverty, Global Poverty, Haiti, Health Clinics, Poverty, World, Walk-in Clinics, Health, Hospitals, Medical Care, Health Care, Medicine, World News
Arthur Fournier

Today in Marmont, a small rural community of 12,000 people in Haiti's central plateau, a new maternity hospital is being built through the efforts of Project Medishare.

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The Vision to Stay Green

Tri Robinson | Posted 02.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Environmental Degradation, Economic Crisis, California Environmental Quality Act, Creating Jobs, Environment, Green Vision, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Haiti, Ceqa, Floresta, Green News
Tri Robinson

We don't need to relegate people to poverty just for the sake of saving some trees. Pitting those two things against one another is a false choice.

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Larry Mellon's Inspiring Mid-Life Crisis

Diana Odasso | Posted 01.28.2009 | World

Read More: Health, Haiti, The Giving Life, Charitable Gifts, Poverty, Charity, World, Third World, Hopital Albert Schweitzer, Midlife Crisis, Tuberculosis, Infant Malnutrition, Mid-Life Crisis, Third World Countries, HIV/AIDS, Charitable Organizations, Starvation, Aids, Port-Au-Prince, World News
Diana Odasso

As I reflect on my holiday experience last year and in light of this year's economic and moral climate, I marvel on the ability of a few to change the lives of many.

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4 children rescued from rubble of Haiti school

AP | JONATHAN M. KATZ | Posted 12.09.2008 | Home

Read More: Haiti, Haiti School Collapse, Haiti Tragedy, Home News

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 12.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Election Day, Voters, Haiti, Obama, Haitian Immigrants, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Voting, Politics News
Mike Barnicle

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.

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How Spreading the Wealth Rescued a Mother Thanks to CODEPINK and ANP

Linda Milazzo | Posted 11.20.2008 | Media

Read More: 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
Linda Milazzo

Who is Jocelyne Voltaire, and why is her story more relevant to America's current crisis than that of plumber Joe?

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Unsung Heroes

Arthur Fournier | Posted 11.03.2008 | Living

Read More: Poverty and Health, Philanthropy, Haiti Poverty, International Philanthropy, Clinton Global Initiative, Haiti, Floods, Flooding, Living News
Arthur Fournier

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.

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Matt Damon And Wyclef Jean Help Haitian Flood Victims

AP | ALEXANDRA OLSON | Posted 10.14.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Matt Damon, Wyclef Jean, Haiti, Entertainment News

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...

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Hurricane Ike Upon Us: Cuba, Haiti, Texas Need Help!

Richard Walden | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Political Campaigns, Philanthropy, Ike, Hurricane Gustav, Hurricane Ike, Cuba, Giving, Gulf Coast, Haiti, Politics News
Richard Walden

It's hard to pay attention unless you are living at ground zero.

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No Time for Subtlety

Arthur Fournier | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Natural Disasters, Extreme Weather, Flood, Miami, Water, Haiti, Hurricanes, Disaster Relief, Disaster Relief Organizations, Politics News
Arthur Fournier

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.

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Gustav Floods Haiti, Kills 11, Heads Toward Cuba

AP | JONATHAN M. KATZ | Posted 09.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Extreme Weather, Hurricanes, Hurricane Gustav, Gustav, Haiti, Cuba, Home News

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Gustav stalled offshore Wednesday and poured more misery onto Haiti after landslides and flooding killed 23 people. Oil ...

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Hurricane Gustav Hits Haiti, Jindal May Have To Miss Republican Convention

Posted 09.26.2008 | Home

Read More: Extreme Weather, Haiti, Hurricane Gustav, Port-Au-Prince, Hurricanes, Home News

The Associated Press reports: PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Hurricane Gustav barreled into Haiti on Tuesday, toppling trees, dumping rain and sending glo...

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Will A Vow Of Poverty Fill The Void In My Soul?

Jim Luce | Posted 06.28.2009 | Living

Read More: The Inner Life, Family Man, Franciscan Order, Society of Friends, Sri Lanka, Dartmouth, Guyana, Living Wages, Indonesia, Paul Moore, Cheddi Jagan, Bogota, Prodigal Son, Roman Catholic Priests, Dorothy Day, Phil Donahue Show, Episcopal Church, Sacred, Quakers, Thich Nhat Hanh, Jesuit Order, Abject Poverty, Family Care, Oscar Romero, Katharine Drexel, Kingdom of God, Christianity, Simple Life, Hinduism, Street Children, Frances D. Alleman-Luce, Social Justice, Tikkun Olam, Social Responsibility, Talmud, Mahatma Gandhi, AIDS Orphans, Voluntary Poverty, Vow of Poverty, Planet Earth, Tanzania, Orphans International, Peter Yarrow, Betty Millard, Dalai Lama, East Coast Establishment, Stanford L. Luce, Colombia, Haiti, Good Samaritan, Yale, Benjamin Moore Paints, Episcopal Book of Common Prayer, Tsunami, Wall Street, Developing World, Maryknoll Order, Buddhism, Soul, Andover, Tzedakah, Unitarian, Reformation, Anglicanism, Living News
Jim Luce

As I approach my fiftieth birthday, I am feeling incomplete. Part of me - my soul? - is still missing. In secular terms, I think I am not yet in tou...

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In Response to the ABC Nightline Special on Sex Trade in Haiti

Arthur Fournier | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Orphanages, HIV/AIDS, Poverty, Dan Harris, Health, Freedom, Haiti, Aids, Sexual Slavery, Sustainability, Politics News
Arthur Fournier

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.

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Food Riots Skyrocket, World Leaders Have No Solutions

Wall Street Journal | BOB DAVIS, DOUGLAS BELKIN | Posted 04.22.2008 | Business

Read More: 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...

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