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"Even If We’re Peasants, We Deserve to Live Too": Tèt Kole on the Needs of Haitian Farmers

Tèt Kole Ti Peyizan Ayisyen (Heads Together Small Producers of Haiti) is the oldest peasant group in Haiti, born covertly in 1970 during the Duvalier dictatorship. Today Tèt Kole is one of Haiti’s two national peasant farmer movements, with more than… Continue reading

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Tyson Ritter’s ‘Don’t Hate On Haiti’ Campaign Raises Funds For Relief Efforts

Tyson Ritter, lead singer of the All-American Rejects, has launched the Don’t Hate on Haiti campaign, planning to raise money to help Haitians rebuild from the devastating disaster.Ritter came up with the idea while watching footage of the earthquake o… Continue reading

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Is "Wyclef for President" best for Haiti?

One thing is certain, Wyclef Jean has the best campaign song-cum-platform of Haiti’s Presidential candidates.”Instead of spending billions on the war, I can use that money so I can feed the poor,” rapped the artist in his song, If I Were President. “Ca… Continue reading

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We Got so Excited We Forgot We Were Mad at Target

As I cautioned in a post last week, and again on the Michaelangelo Signorlie Show on Tuesday, the LGBT and progressive communities should not call for boycotts unless they intend to follow through with them.Americans have attention defect disorder, an… Continue reading

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6 – 6 – 10

Six. Six. Ten. This is not a date to remember but rather an observation — a note I made to myself recently. Six — last week was six months since the earthquake devastated Haiti. Six — this month is six years since Katrina destroyed parts of New Orle… Continue reading

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2010: The year nature struck back?

Will 2010 be remembered as the year when nature struck back? We’ve witnessed the devastating Earthquake in Haiti, the toxic oil gusher in the Gulf, and now, historic floods in Pakistan that have killed over 1,000 people and displaced millions more.More… Continue reading

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Haiti: Double tragedy

This post originally appeared on the World Development Report 2011 blog on January 22, 2010.I visited Haiti just before Christmas with Nik Win Myint from the WDR team. I talked to community groups in some of the slums that have been most ravaged by dru… Continue reading

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Resilient Haitians Battle Chaos and Despair in Quest for Normalcy (VIDEOS)

In May, four months after Haiti was struck by a massive earthquake, we searched for signs that life in Port-au-Prince had returned to normal. What we found was that the rebuilding process was in many ways a building process for so much of the country’s… Continue reading

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Haiti aid effort: My TOP 10 PHOTOS

The outpouring of global public support in response to the January 12th earthquake in Haiti earthquake enabled Oxfam and other agencies to get aid through to the Haitian people and make a real difference.However, recovery in Haiti is one of the most co… Continue reading

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Three Innovative Ways People Are Helping In Haiti

Six months after the 7.0 earthquake in Haiti, the need for relief efforts is still at a critical level. Though a true recovery will be years in the making, many organizations continue to look for innovative solutions that will improve lives in the mean… Continue reading

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