In January 2010, a 7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti. The international community, including one out of two Americans, pledged billions of dollars in aid, yet the nation has seen little improvement. Three hundred thousand died, nearly two million live in ramshackle tent cities. Cholera has swept through the population, killing thousands and hospitalizing many others. Only about 2% of the rubble has been cleared.
Is this what you expected when you pledged…
In January 2010, a 7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti. The international community, including one out of two Americans, pledged billions of dollars in aid, yet the nation has seen little improvement. Three hundred thousand died, nearly two million live in ramshackle tent cities. Cholera has swept through the population, killing thousands and hospitalizing many others. Only about 2% of the rubble has been cleared.
Is this what you expected when you pledged…
In January 2010, a 7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti. The international community, including one out of two Americans, pledged billions of dollars in aid, yet the nation has seen little improvement. Three hundred thousand died, nearly two million live in ramshackle tent cities. Cholera has swept through the population, killing thousands and hospitalizing many others. Only about 2% of the rubble has been cleared.
Is this what you expected when you pledged…
In January 2010, a 7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti. The international community, including one out of two Americans, pledged billions of dollars in aid, yet the nation has seen little improvement. Three hundred thousand died, nearly two million live in ramshackle tent cities. Cholera has swept through the population, killing thousands and hospitalizing many others. Only about 2% of the rubble has been cleared.
Is this what you expected when you pledged…
In January 2010, a 7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti. The international community, including one out of two Americans, pledged billions of dollars in aid, yet the nation has seen little improvement. Three hundred thousand died, nearly two million live in ramshackle tent cities. Cholera has swept through the population, killing thousands and hospitalizing many others. Only about 2% of the rubble has been cleared.
Is this what you expected when you pledged…
When photojournalist Kelly Shimoda set out to chronicle debt for Film@11, no one wanted to talk about it, at least not on record. Debt was seen as painful and shameful. Well, it’s still painful, but the shame is no longer personal. Over 1 million Americans filed for bankruptcy last year.
When photojournalist Kelly Shimoda set out to chronicle debt for Film@11, no one wanted to talk about it, at least not on record. Debt was seen as painful and shameful. Well, it’s still painful, but the shame is no longer personal. Over 1 million Americans filed for bankruptcy last year.
Following the insurance industry's across the board move to raise rates by as much as 39%, many Americans have decided to "go naked" by opting out of insurance entirely. While it may sound risky, for some it represents the most reliable alternative to an insurance industry that has, over the last two decades, coalesced into just seven companies - a monopoly if there ever was one, and an unregulated one, at that.
When we read the statement by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernake that he was starting to see “green shoots” in the economy, we wondered, where? Instead of asking another politician or an economist, we decided to go to the people who would really know: the small business owner.
After all, small business owners are lauded by Congress as the “backbone of America,” and they’re also the ones bearing the brunt of the recession.
First up is Dennis Hof,…
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