New America Now: The Power of Women

New America Now, , Jan 29, 2010

New America Now presents A Woman's Special featuring the only female Prime Minister of Peru, a rare example of a woman completing a Torah, and the reality of emerging roles for Muslim women today.

Africa a Challenge for Obama in 2010

Oneworld.net, News analysis, Brittany Schell , Jan 28, 2010

The Obama administration has failed to increase funding for HIV/AIDS programs, bolstered the much maligned International Monetary Fund (IMF), and tripled the budget for the U.S. Military Command in Africa (AFRICOM).

The Sound of Cape Verde Returns

New America Media, , Sandip Roy, Jan 28, 2010

Nha Sentimento is the new album from singer Cesaria Evora. Emmanuel Nado, host of Africa Mix on KALW, discusses the long-lasting popularity of the African music legend.

Haiti - Profiting from misery?

Final Call, News Analysis, Saeed Shabazz, Jan 27, 2010

Two days after the quake, Democracy Now, a daily independent radio and television program that is nationally syndicated, aired segments of a Jan. 13 speech given by Canadian journalist and author Naomi Klein at the New York-based Ethical Culture Society.

Bay Area Activists Organize for Haiti

New America Media, Video , Jr Valrey & Lawrence Fowler, Jan 27, 2010

In the wake of the Haiti's 7.0 earthquake, Bay Area-based Haiti Action Committe mobilized community members to ban together in solidarity and support of Haiti.

This Time it was Personal

Haitiantimes.com, Commentary, Garry Pierre-Pierre, Jan 23, 2010

I have been covering my beloved homeland for about 20 years. The assignments have ranged from coup d’etats to elections to flooding , carnival and festivals. But the devastation brought on by this earthquake that shook this mountainous nation of roughly nine million people to its core, myself included.

Prices in Haiti on the Rise While Population Starves

Haitiantimes.com, News Report , Garry Pierre-Pierre, Jan 21, 2010

Last week, the price of a small can of rice cost US$2. Tuesday, it costs Haitian US$3.50. A gallon of cooking oil that cost $10 only days ago now fetches US$20. What will they cost tomorrow? No one knows.

Homes Designed for Extended Families Collapsed in Haitian Quake

New America Media, Commentary, Adolphe Saint-Louis, Jan 18, 2010

In Haiti, when you want to add to your home, you build on top of the roof, which is concrete held up by pillars or strong walls on the floor below, writes a Delmas resident. But this practice could not withstand the earthquake.

Sunday Mass Was About the Dead

Haitiantimes.com, News report, Garry Pierre-Pierre, Jan 18, 2010

On the first Sunday after an earthquake destroyed this city, survivors struggled to keep to their routine, including attending mass.