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Al-Quds

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Universities are engines of higher learning – also of national development and prosperity. No one knows this better than Israel – home to some of the world’s most prestigious universities. Palestinian schools struggle under Israeli occupation.

29 Mar
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Climate and Agriculture in Rwanda

Until recently, Rwandan farmers knew when the rains would come; when best to plant their crops. These days, with varying weather patterns attributed to climate change, more and more Rwandan farmers struggle to grow food.

10 Feb
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Geopolitics Middle East Palestine & Israel Palestinians & Israelis Podcasts

US Senate Un-Israeli Activities Committee

In January 2013, former Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel appeared before the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, charged with approving his nomination as Defense Secretary. Was he sufficiently committed to a foreign country — Israel? Listen to Hagel’s inquisition.

8 Feb
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Curitiba – Sustainable City

The city of Curitiba, in southern Brazil, is famous for innovation and rational development. It was one of the first cities to market itself as “green” in a 1980s advertising campaign. And it is.

27 Dec
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Trash Into Charcoal

When it comes to garbage, it’s a matter of perspective. One person’s trash is another person’s cash. Outside of Kigali, in the east African nation of Rwanda, villagers have figured out how to turn food waste into cooking fuel.

21 Dec
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Conflict Middle East Palestine & Israel Palestinians & Israelis Peace & Conflict Tourism & Travel

Faces

A few of the remarkable faces captured (along with audio) on last August/September’s trip to Palestine/Israel. Speaking with folks like these, it’s hard not to feel optimistic about the future of Israel as a nation of its citizens.

20 Dec
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Food, Glorious Food

Food is wonderful. A delight to be eaten as well as to behold. At this festive time of year, feast your eyes on some of the tastiest foods and beverages Palestinians and Israelis have to offer.

18 Dec
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Bi’lin

Weekly peaceful protests in villages across the West Bank are routinely greeted by Israeli teargas, sewage water, concussion grenades, and the occasional burst of live rounds. The village of Bi’lin is one of these.

2 Dec
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Hanan Ashrawi

Hanan Ashrawi is a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s Executive Committee.

10 Nov
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Amira Hass

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Amira Hass is a columnist for the left-center Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz. For over twenty years, her hard-hitting reports from the West Bank have shone a light on Israel’s occupation.

22 Oct
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Jeff Halper

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Jeff Halper, a native of Hibbing, Minnesota, is the founder of the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions.

6 Oct
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Mubarak Awad

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According to Mahatma Gandhi, nothing poses more of a threat to an oppressive regime than well organized, non-violent resistance. Mubarak Awad — some call him the Palestinian Gandhi — is a case in point.

3 Oct
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Mustafa Barghouti

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Mustafa Barghouti is a Palestinian politician and democracy activist. He and I sat down for an interview in August 2012 in his office on the outskirts of Ramallah.

30 Sep
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The Cage

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The largest of Israel’s hundred or so checkpoints, Qualandia — between northern Jerusalem and the road to Ramallah — is a masterpiece in population engineering. Israeli Machsom Watch activists keep an eye on what happens there.

23 Sep
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The Legacy of Agent Orange

Thirty years have come and gone since the end of the American War – as the Vietnamese call it – and its toxic aftermath lingers on.

15 Jun
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Flowers for Sweethearts

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The next time you buy roses for your honey, consider this: The cut flowers in your Valentine’s bouquet were fumigated for insects and mildew, then drenched with preservatives for the long flight north.

16 May
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Mining and Democracy in Peru

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When powerful corporations seek concessions in poor countries, communities rally around democratic institutions to defend their land and water.

13 May
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Cafe Femenino

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For more than three decades, the Central Coffee Organization of Northwestern Peru has addressed gender inequity on the farm. Putting a dollar value on women’s work is what has made a difference.

28 Apr
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Sovereign Seeds

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Small farmers in the hills of Honduras are improving their lives through seed saving and on-farm experimentation. Jen Moore reports.

21 Apr
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The Mangroves of Southern Cambodia

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They’re scrubby, fierce with mosquitoes and impossible to walk through, but salt water mangroves are the guardians of Earth’s tropical coastlines and nurseries for her fish. They’re also threatened.

15 Apr
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Curitiba – Sustainable City

Trash Into Charcoal

Faces

Food, Glorious Food

Bi’lin

Hanan Ashrawi

Amira Hass

Jeff Halper

Mubarak Awad

Mustafa Barghouti

The Cage

The Legacy of Agent Orange

Flowers for Sweethearts

Mining and Democracy in Peru

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Sovereign Seeds

The Mangroves of Southern Cambodia

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