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India Paper Taps Marginalized Women as Reporters

Lauren D. Klein October 9, 2007 Lauren D. Klein

Three years ago Lakshmi Bhagel, a dishwasher earning about $2 a day, wandered through the doors of a newspaper she'd heard about from a friend. She was nervous, and though illiterate, she had reason to hope the editors might publish her story. Without hesitation the editors of Mahila Paksh--a weekly, family-run broadsheet in the central Indian city Gwalior--sat down and listened to Bhagel. They told her she could do more than talk to the editors: She could report her own story for the paper.

Burning Earth: Linking Wildfires to Global Warming

Al Huebner October 8, 2007 Al Huebner

As the earth warms, a growing number of researchers are investigating the far-reaching consequences of the increasing average temperature. One of these consequences is the effect on wildfires.

Glacial Acceleration: A Sea of Troubles

Paul Brown October 8, 2007 Paul Brown

It is hard to shock journalists and at the same time leave them in awe of the power of nature. A group returning from a helicopter trip flying over, then landing on, the Greenland ice cap at the time of maximum ice melt last month were shaken. One shrugged and said: "It is too late already."

The Plight of Iraq’s Progressive Labor Movement

Dan Read October 3, 2007 Dan Read

Abdelhussein Saddam

Like many people who lived under the Baathist dictatorship, Abdelhussein Saddam passionately yearned for change. Born in 1957 in Basra, Saddam became known as a progressive thinker, for which he was imprisoned for two years by state security forces. When the US/UK coalition invaded Iraq in 2003, he understood that the future lay within Iraq's ability to organize itself independently - free of both the gun-toting hypocrisy of western imperialism and the machinations of political Islam.

The Third World in the 20th Century: Vijay Prashad Interview

Political Affairs October 3, 2007 Political Affairs

The author talks about the origins of his book, The Darker Nations, the Third World Project, anti-imperialist movements, Hugo Chavez and lessons for the future.

Healthcare in Africa: Lesotho’s Youth Struggle to Survive

Nash Riggins October 2, 2007 Nash Riggins

AIDS Orphans in Lesotho

I live in a US town of around 80,000 people. Access to healthcare has never been a major issue here. We have 30 pediatricians serving the 15,000 youth in the area. On the other hand, in the small African nation of Lesotho, there are only six pediatricians to care for the country's 800,000 children.