Haiti

From JackAndJillPolitics.com: Rachel Maddow with guest, Jeremy Scahill, discussing contractors in Haiti and the MSM hyping of the civil unrest meme regarding looting by those terribly affected by the recent earthquake.

From the Huffington Post: Will Kanye West be allowed at the Clooney-helmed Haiti telethon airing this Friday? “After what he said on the Katrina telethon and the way he behaved at the MTV Video Music Awards, everyone agrees it’s just best that he does not participate,” a source told AOL’s PopEater. “Kayne has to make […]

From Blog.ForeignPolicy.com: Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade is offering free land to displaced Haitians who want to “return to their origins” in Africa:

From The Urban Daily: Almost seven years ago David Lamb and his wife Jamillah created and produced the off-Broadway play, Platanos & Collard Greens.

From the NY Times: PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Dr. Alix Lassegue, the physician who runs this city’s largest hospital, including its morgue, has been trying to figure out how many people died after the earth buckled so violently last week.

During our exclusive interview with Brooklyn-based writer and activist, Kevin Powell, we managed to sneak in a question about his views on the comments of Rush Limbaugh & Pat Robertson with regard to the Haiti tragedy.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A powerful new earthquake struck Haiti on Wednesday, shaking rubble from damaged buildings and sending screaming people running into the streets only eight days after the country’s capital was devastated by an apocalyptic quake.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer: PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – When Luc Bouquet arrived at the clinic yesterday morning after a cold bucket shower, a hard-boiled egg, and a splash of thin coffee, 75 people were already gathered on benches in the speckled shade of a billowing tarp.