Monthly Archives: April 2011

Update Ivory Coast: Post-Gbagbo

Update Ivory Coast: Post-Gbagbo

April 26, 2011

Just a few weeks ago Pauline was here on the podcast to update us about the violence in Ivory Coast, as Pro-Ouattara (the newly elected president) forces fought against Gbagbo (sitting president who lost the election) forces. As you may recall the danger was so clear and present that...

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ctrp376 The Story of Darfurnica

ctrp376 The Story of Darfurnica

April 23, 2011

Nadia Plesner is a concerned citizen of the world as well as an artist, and she's deeply troubled by what has been happening in Darfur. She's also frustrated with the lack of media coverage the topic recieves, while showbiz news has no such shortage of attention.  In her painting...

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Art, Genocide, and Handbags

Art, Genocide, and Handbags

April 22, 2011

I've never been to a court house in the Netherlands, in my 9 years in this country, somehow I never had cause to enter one. After weaving through some of the plethora of government buildings one can find in the Hague, I somehow managed to find the courthouse,...

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ctrp375 Prisons and Justice in New Orleans

ctrp375 Prisons and Justice in New Orleans

April 16, 2011

In post Katrina New Orleans, prisons and the justice system suffer from a long list of problems, many of which were there before the floods. They're also the subject of a battle being fought by community leaders to change and fix how crime is addressed in a city fighting...

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Radioactive Lessons Not Learned

Radioactive Lessons Not Learned

April 14, 2011

One of the greatest speeches I ever attended that to this day has an immense impact on how I look at the world, was given by Dr. Helen Caldicott at William Paterson University of New Jersey.  It was the late 1990's, I was in the middle of my college...

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