Wall

Bringing Together the Palestinian Divide

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Netanyahu, Security, Hunger Strike, Wall, Gaza, West Bank, Peace, Rice, Obama, Two-State Solution, World, Bush, Free Passage, Shalabi, World News

The end of Hana Shalabi's 44-day hunger strike has produced mixed results, and has pointed out another under-reported issue -- the separation and difficulty of movement between Gaza and West Bank.

Read Post

Tea Party Love Boat Going Down: Bachmann and Pearce Have Last Dance on Sinking Ship in Arizona

Jeff Biggers | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Michelle Bachmann, Operation Wetback, Wall, Fence, Arizona Gone Wild, Immigration, Sb 1070, Tea Party, Russell Pearce, US Mexico Border, Politics News

Presidential contender Michelle Bachmann brought her floundering campaign into Arizona today, giving a special shout-out to embattled State Senate President Russell Pearce for his role as the architect of the state's controversial SB 1070 "papers please" law.

Read Post

Astoria Characters: The Four Funny Faces

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Astoria, Wall, Graffiti, Artist, Wire Brush, Murakami, Colonial Revival, Warhol, Face Mask, Coke, Starbucks, Banksy, New York News

My house has a wall out front. It is red brick with four pedestals, each of which is crowned by a white concrete Colonial Revival ball. It was this quartet of billiard balls that served as the blank canvas for some budding Banksy.

Read Post

Killing Fogel Family in Itamar Is Not Acceptable

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Innocent Civilians, Wall, Jewish, Political Murder, Palestine, Veto, Americans, Un, Settlers, Settlements, Security Council, America, Palestinians, World News

The strong disagreement over settlement doesn't excuse the brutal killings of the family of five in Itamar. If anything this senseless murder should cause genuine commitment from all sides to find an end to the 44 year old occupation in a peaceful way.

Read Post

Weekly Diaspora: Border Patrol Gone Wild

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Democracy Now!, Immigration Reform, Grittv, Wall, Mexico, Border Patrol, Border, Racewire, Obama, New America Media, Arizona, Care2, Huffington Post, National Guard, Home News

by Erin Rosa, Media Consortium blogger A Border Patrol agent shot and killed a 14-year-old Mexican boy on June 7. At RaceWire, Julianne Hing reports t...

Read Post

Israel Cracks Down On Wall Protesters With Tear Gas, Night Raids

The New York Times | ISABEL KERSHNER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yesh Din, Barrier, Wall, Gaza, Palestinians, B'tselem, Nilin, Tear Gas, International Solidarity Movement, Popular Struggle Coordination Committee, Protesters, Tristan Anderson, Mahmoud Abbas, West Bank, Ramallah, Occupation, Water, Wells, Idf, Israel, Un, Bilin, World News

NILIN, West Bank -- For more than a year, this village has been a focus of weekly protests against the Israeli security barrier, which cuts through it...

Read Whole Story

Biodiversity Remakes Tokyo

Jared Braiterman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Soil, Air Quality, River, Bicycling, Animals, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Satoyama, Walking, National Security, Urban Forest, Falcon, Biodiversity, Copenhagen UN Climate Change Conference, Tokyo, Crime Reduction, Transit, Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker, Elderly, Wall, Yamada Yoriyuki, Forest, Iimura Kazuki, Wilderness, Blur, Sustainable, Places, Plants, Rice, Kobayashi Kenji, Farmer, Energy Independence, Remake, Reforestation, Wildlife, Population, Ginza Bee Project, Street, Cultural, Food Safety, Passion, Pollution, Urban, Culture, Climate Change, Bee, Suzuki Makoto, Post-Industrial, Lot, Roof, Miniaturization, Public Health, City, Habitat, Growth, Public, Ginza Farm, Gardener, Nature, Paddy, Pet, Environment, Firefly, Ginza, Edo, Kajima, Green News

The Copenhagen UN Climate Change Conference addresses unparalleled environmental crisis and the need to transform our relationship with nature. Many p...

Read Post

Johns Hopkins Student From New Jersey Kills Intruder With Samurai Sword

Joe Territo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Burglary, Wall, Samurai Sword, Robbery, New Jersey, Johns Hopkins, Theft, Self-Defense, Baltimore Sun, New York News

A Johns Hopkins student from Wall, N.J., killed a man who broke into his Baltimore garage with a samurai sword, according to a report in the Baltimore...

Read Post

Paulson's Bailout: So Much for That Idea!

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: $700 Billion Bailout, Wall, Bailout, Business News

You know what the bailout feels like? Walking down the street, and pressing a crumpled bill into the outstretched palm of the guy who approached you... Only multiplied by 700 billion.

Read Post

Vietnam Memorial Turns 25

Washington Post | Michael E. Ruane | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vietnam Wall Memorial, Wall Memorial, Washington DC, Wall, Vietnam Memorial, Vietnam Wall, Vietnam War Memorial, Home News

Thousands of graying Vietnam veterans, many clad in jungle boots and old fatigues, marched down Constitution Avenue yesterday to mark the 25th anniver...

Read Whole Story