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.
Dave Zirin, The Nation. August 1, 2008. The U.S. is ready for the Olympic Games to be a major boon for capitalism, but political protest could end up being the real story.
Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation. July 15, 2008. With the world suspicious of American motives in world crises, U.S. policy toward Sudan and Zimbabwe is raising hackles.
Scott Thill, AlterNet. May 27, 2008. The rise of environmental disasters from climate change and destruction of ecosystems will create a surge of refugees across the planet.
J. Carl Ganter, Huffington Post. May 20, 2008. Will water be a source of conflict or resolution? A leading thinker discusses how this is playing out in Africa and Asia.
Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report AlterNet: Election 2008. May 15, 2008. Voters deserve a closer look at how Cindy McCain made - and keeps - her fortune.
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.
Francis Deng, MIT Center for International Studies. March 29, 2007. Beyond the immediate needs in Darfur, the international community should help Sudan work through the conflicts of race, religion, and culture that have proliferated within the country's borders for a half century.
Shane Bauer, E Magazine. March 12, 2007. As refugees from Darfur pour into Chad, the fragile ecosystem buckles beneath the extra load, raising tension and desperation.
Jen Marlowe, AlterNet. January 25, 2007. Three filmmakers chronicle their journey to document the tragedy in Darfur where 200,000 people have been killed and 2.5 million forced from their homes.
