Alan Snitow, San Francisco Chronicle. September 2, 2009. A journalist and water adviser writes about how the the Kalahari Bushmen have a lot to teach us about surviving in times of scarcity.
Whitney Welshimer, Akimbo. March 5, 2009. Male circumcision is not full-proof. And it gives many men an excuse to avoid condoms, which puts their female partners at more risk.
Attaturk, Firedoglake AlterNet: Health and Wellness. January 28, 2009. Hard to imagine why Obama didn't want to keep Mark Dybol around ... oh right, the whole hating on women and condoms stuff.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. November 13, 2008. The hoax is the bogus source validating the story, not the Palin/Africa story itself.
Bono, AlterNet. October 25, 2008. In a recent speech, the pop star makes an impassioned call for Americans to resist the urge to turn inward during our troubled times.
Steve Bloomfield, Independent UK. August 6, 2008. Especially in Africa, forces supposedly sent to protect the world's most vulnerable people are increasingly focused on protecting themselves.
Ken Bacon, Mark Malan, Refugees International. August 5, 2008. The Pentagon has much more to do with U.S. policies toward Africa than it did a decade ago. And that's not a good thing.
Gbemisola Olujobi, Truthdig. July 24, 2008. The colonialist myth of the oversexed African has resurfaced as an explanation for Africa's high AIDS transmission rate.
Beth Fredrick, AlterNet. April 7, 2008. The President's AIDS policy may be well-intentioned, but it fails to provide comprehensive and compassionate care for the people who need it.
Amanda Marcotte, Pandagon AlterNet: Election 2008. March 27, 2008. Clearly it’s nonsense to suggest that black individual Americans are sort of faced with this existential choice—here or Africa?
Daniel Volman, Beth Tuckey, Foreign Policy in Focus. March 2, 2008. The Pentagon's new AFRICOM is all about securing oil resources, countering terrorism, and rolling back Chinese influence.
Bruce Dixon, Black Agenda Report. March 1, 2008. Since the end of the Cold War, the U.S. has fomented no less than fourteen wars in Africa -- enough is enough.
Ann Jones, Tomdispatch.com. February 21, 2008. Civil wars in West Africa are officially "over," but horrific violence against women continues unbated -- and is growing increasingly worse.
Walter Brasch, The All Spin Zone AlterNet: PEEK. February 19, 2008. George Bush is in Africa this week looking for a few friendly faces. He’s sure not seeing many here at home.
Kim Larsen, OnEarth Magazine. February 1, 2008. In Africa, where malaria kills a million children a year, some are advocating the return of DDT. Are they right?
Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. January 5, 2008. From China's investment in Africa to the rise of the left in Latin America. A look at what's happened in the world when we weren't paying attention.
Bruce Dixon, Black Agenda Report. November 29, 2007. As the "Save Darfur" lobby grows in power, here are ten reasons to be more critical about the supposedly humanitarian mission.
Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. June 15, 2007. Florence Machio: In sub-Saharan Africa chances of dying out of pregnancy are 1 in 17, while in high-income countries the chances are 1 in 4,000.
Bruce Dixon, Black Agenda Report. June 4, 2007. Corporate foundations that have pledged millions believe that genetically altered crops will rescue Africa from endemic shortfalls in food production. Are they creating a 'green revolution' or hijacking the food supply?
Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. May 21, 2007. Naina Dhingra: After studying Bush's AIDS relief policy, Advocates for Youth report that its incredibly insufficient.
Adam Howard, AlterNet: Video. May 15, 2007. To get the billions in AIDS money promised by the U.S. countries like Uganda must indoctrinate its young people in abstinence-only rhetoric.
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