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TRAVEL
Random Sunsets Around the World - Part 5, Southern Europe - Sinking Low on the Looney Front
By Mike Arkus, Contributor
Journalist
Thasos Greece Amalfi Areopolis Kardamyli Samothrace ______________ By the same author: Bussing The Amazon: On The Road With
Vangelis
MSF
THE WORLDPOST
7 Volunteers Whose Lives Were Changed By Refugees
By Katerina Prifti, HuffPost Greece
"I'll never forget the people I met in Kos."
WORLDPOST
Bread For The Journey: The Greek Baker Who Remembers
By Dan Siegel, Contributor
Writer and Social Entrepreneur on Politics, Film and Civil Soc...
As he stacks up dozens of empty baking trays in the back of his van after another morning round of helping to feed refugees, one thing is certain: the "Baker in Kos" clearly remembers from where he came.
An Iranian migrant boy looks at Greek riot police officers while waiting to be registered near a police station at the southeastern island after crossing from Turkey, at the southeastern island of Kos, Greece, Monday, Aug. 17, 2015. Authorities on Kos were overwhelmed by the influx, and many locals vented anger at the crowds of refugees sleeping rough in parks and public spaces at the height of the key tourist season. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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THE WORLDPOST
Europe Struggles To Respond As Migrant Numbers Skyrocket
The scale of the crisis has reached new highs.
Mattresses used by migrants are seen at the lobby of a deserted hotel on the Greek island of Kos, August 13, 2015. The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) called on Greece to take control of the "total chaos" on Mediterranean islands, where thousands of migrants have landed. About 124,000 have arrived this year by sea, many via Turkey, according to Vincent Cochetel, UNHCR director for Europe. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
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THE WORLDPOST
Migrants On The Greek Island Of Kos Hole Up In Derelict Hotel
Nearly a quarter of a million migrants have cross the Mediterranean to Europe this year.
Policemen (rear C) try to disperse hundreds of migrants by spraying them with fire extinguishers during a gathering for a registration procedure at the stadium on the Greek island of Kos, on August 11, 2015. Police on the Greek island on Kos hit migrants with truncheons to prevent a stampede, a day after an officer was caught on camera slapping a migrant. The incident occurred as hundreds of migrants were being relocated to a local football stadium, after camping alongside roads and beaches across the island for weeks. AFP PHOTO / ANGELOS TZORTZINIS (Photo credit should read ANGELOS TZORTZINIS/AFP/Getty Images)
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THE WORLDPOST
Turmoil Breaks Out As Greece Struggles To Cope With Migrant Crisis
By Eline Gordts
"This situation on the island is out of control."
ARTS
Book Smart Street Art
By Priscilla Frank
POLITICS
Polling Fraud? Daily Kos Settles Research 2000 Lawsuit
By Mark Blumenthal
ARTS
PHOTOS: Mark Twain Classic Reinterpreted
By Jessica Menda
POLITICS
Daily Kos Founder Suing Pollster Research 2000: 'We Were Defrauded'
By Nick Wing
POLITICS
Kos Calls For Progressive Civil War
By Ian Welsh, Contributor
IanWelsh.net
Kos wants to primary one of the most reliable and principled progressives in Congress because Kucinich doesn't want to vote for a bill which will force Americans to buy crappy health insurance from private companies?
POLITICS
The Health Bill, The Price of Everything, and What to Do Next
By Richard (RJ) Eskow, Contributor
Host, The Zero Hour; Sr. Fellow, Campaign for America's Future
The new bill has more breaks for business, but harsher punishment for the uninsured, it eliminates the public option, it pays doctors less -- and it costs the Federal government $23 billion more.
POLITICS
Markos Moulitsas Warns Harry Reid: Franken Win Takes Away Your 60-Vote Excuses (VIDEO)
By Nicholas Graham
POLITICS
Racism Is Real - And Christian Leaders Can Help
By Richard (RJ) Eskow, Contributor
Host, The Zero Hour; Sr. Fellow, Campaign for America's Future
With Obama the inevitable Democratic nominee, it's time for these Christian leaders to speak up -- not for Obama, but against spreading bigotry in Christ's name.
MEDIA
Not Worth the Paper it's Not Printed On
By David Mizner, Contributor
In January, Markos Moulitsas of The Daily Kos was a skeptic who denied the differences between the candidates; now he's a cheerleader for Obama who exaggerates the differences between them.
MEDIA
Clinton Supporters On Strike At Daily Kos
MEDIA
Bill O'Reilly's Gonna Love This: Newsweek Taps Kos As '08 Kontributor
By Rachel Sklar
Newsweek has announced that Markos Moulitsas, namesake and founder of the Daily Kos, will be a contributor for the mag's 2008 election coverage.
MEDIA
Newsweek Hires Kos
By Ari Melber, Contributor
MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent, Attorney
The netroots often celebrates bloggers who "crash the gate," but if Newsweek pairs Moulitsas with a disreputable right winger, savvy activists may consider it too high a cost.