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Showing videos filed under: pakistani
Militants and Predator Drones: Who is the Real Terrorist?
July 15, 2010The Real News Network reports from Islamabad, Pakistan that while many students from tribal areas report that their communities oddly support the drone attacks, the majority of the country sees the predator drones as an encroachment on national sovereignty fostering bitter anti-American sentiment.Amanda Marcotte, Drones, Haiti, Baseball, and New Orleans
July 14, 2010What's up with all these arguments over feminism these days, anyway? The Daily Show and Gawker blog Jezebel have an argument over its representation of women; meanwhile, Sarah Palin is a feminist! Except when she's not! And the Atlantic has declared The End of Men. What's it all about?Imran Malik: Punk Rock Medicine
February 23, 2010Imran Malik was a third-year medical student in Pakistan in 2005 when the earthquake hit. He says he "didn't even think," just jumped in a cab and went to help. It didn't take him much more thought to decide to go to Haiti to help after last month's quake; he's just returned from his trip down there providing medical aid.Food Stamps, Imran Malik and CPAC
February 22, 2010In a recent article for ColorLines, Seth Wessler reported on one woman's struggle to support her family when cash benefits from the Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF) program--the one that replaced welfare under Bill Clinton's 1996 welfare reform--run out. "Selling Food Stamps For Kids' Shoes" was the title of the article, and it creates a stark picture of the impossible choices more and more families are forced to make in the continuing recession.
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