Stories by Robert S. Eshelman

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"Women Are Being Killed All Over the World": One Reporter's Fight Against So-Called "Honor Killings"

Posted on Nov 10, 2009, Source: The Brooklyn Rail

A new book tells the story of so-called "honor killings" in Jordan. Author Rana Husseini discusses the growing movement against this deadly form of violence against women.

The Secret War Against American Workers

Posted on Mar 21, 2009, Source: TomDispatch.com

Bosses are using minor transgressions of work-place rules as the trigger for firings -- putting the fear of god into those who remain.

Evangelicals and Rural Americans Are Breaking Big for Obama

Posted on Oct 30, 2008, Source: TomDispatch.com

A mass defection from the Republican Party may be underway in counties that were once GOP strongholds. Call it the reverse Bradley Effect.

Muqtada, the Future of Iraq

Posted on Jul 29, 2008, Source: In These Times

Veteran Iraq reporter Patrick Cockburn presents a historical portrait of the man leading the only true mass political movement in Iraq.
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