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January 22, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The announcement came hours before Jean was to headline a globally broadcast concert called "Hope for…
January 22, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - The plan is aimed at staving off the spread of disease at hundreds of squalid settlements…
January 21, 2010
NEW YORK - The urgency of the moment looms larger than the cultural chasm that usually separates them...
January 21, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The move comes as hundreds of thousands of Haitians remain homeless, hungry and desperately in need of…
January 21, 2010
DISPATCH - After reporting on and witnessing first hand the death, destruction and despair that now envelops the country, it's…
January 21, 2010
OPINION - As the NBA's only Haitian-born player, the 28-year-old Philadelphia 76ers center stands in a prideful if not enviable…
January 19, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE - The most brilliant minds in almost every discipline have tried to get their hands around the problem that…
January 19, 2010
OPINION - The Haitian people need a future that is worth looking forward to, and one that is devoid of…
January 19, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE - The use of social networks as a major way of communication is a first for Haitians who historically…
January 18, 2010
From the Washington Post: PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – As foreign aid and troops flow into this ruined capital, a Haitian government
January 17, 2010
From Newsweek: In the last week, we have been deeply moved by the heartbreaking images of the devastation in Haiti:
January 17, 2010
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- Senegal is offering free land to Haitians wishing to 'return to their origins' following this week's…
January 15, 2010
IRVINE, Calif. (AP) -Tiger Woods plans to help with relief efforts in earthquake-ravaged Haiti by supporting groups providing resources to…
January 15, 2010
From Think Progress Right wing radio talker Rush Limbaugh has received considerable criticism for politicizing the earthquake in Haiti this
January 15, 2010
VIDEO - A stench of death lingered over Port-au-Prince, where countless bodies remained unclaimed in the streets...
January 15, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The botched federal response to Katrina is the standard by which emergency responses are measured, and presidents…
January 15, 2010
DISPATCH: Seeing the mainstream media providing limited visibility of the devastation, their neighborhoods, it was beginning to frustrate people...
January 15, 2010
OPINION - Haiti's independence not only served to free Haiti, it also helped the United States...
January 15, 2010
OPINION - If you cry for Haiti, let your tears mobilize you...
January 14, 2010
DISPATCH -Todd Johnson: Karl Alexis just shakes his head when asked if he ever imagined an earthquake could strike his…