Worldviews

It’s 2:00 am in the Deheisha refugee camp outside Bethlehem and I hear a large, loud bang. Camp residents – most of whom are either refugees from the 1948 war or their descendents – say the Israeli army enters Deheisha anywhere between three and seven days a week... (2007-11-09)

Progressives all over the planet have beef with the United States. But critics often overlook the country's large and diverse progressive community. (2007-08-24)

Every Tuesday in Port-au- Prince, onlookers are treated to a well-worn ritual. In front of the Ministry of Justice, about thirty people arrive at 10am. They unfurl their banners, stand to attention for the national anthem, and over the next two hours proceed to dance, sing and recite the names of friends, colleagues or loved ones: detained and mostly forgotten inside Haiti’s jails. (2007-07-11)

Lebanon is awash in political signs—those of the government saying “I love life” and those of the opposition, “I love life in color” - allusions to the intense political battle currently being waged for control of the country.