Mad MDs

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 06:00:00 +0100

No one has a better first-hand view of the problems with this country’s health care system than the doctors who work in it, a vantage point that has made some of them “mad as hell” about it.
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"Eclipse of the Sunnis"

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100

One little-reported consequence of the war in Iraq has been the displacement of an estimated 2 million former citizens who have fled to neighboring nations or even further. Their story is the subject of Eclipse of the Sunnis, a new book by NPR Mideast correspondent Deborah Amos.

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A School for AIDS Orphans in Mozambique

Bruce Robinson — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:00:00 +0100

As the number of African children orphaned by AIDS continues to grow, a new model for housing, teaching and caring for them is trying to take root in Mozambique.

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Foreclosures Part 2

Bruce Robinson — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:00:00 +0100

Foreclosure sales of homes where the loans are in default still represent a loss for the banks making the sales. Yet local agencies that work with overextended homeowners say few lenders seem willing to work toward other outcomes.

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Haiti Response

Bruce Robinson — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:00:00 +0100

The Hatian earthquake has left at least half a million survivors displaced and homeless, and as relief efforts continue now, some aid workers worry that the coming hurricane season may compound the disaster.

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The Shovel Project

Bruce Robinson — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:00:00 +0100

A unique instance of hands-on philanthropy, Tom Pringle’s Shovel Project is making life a little better for random households around Tijuana, Mexico.

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Bruce Robinson — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:00:00 +0100

Hunger—now called “food insecurity” in government-speak, is a growing problem across the United States, but one that conflicts with our national self-image

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