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Africa’s Equal Exchange Distributes Small Farmers and Big Change

By Danielle Nierenberg on September 13, 2011 in Africa, Asia, Photos, South Africa, Southern Africa

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Jessica Jones-Hughes is part of Oke USA Fruit Company, a fair trade fruit company importing bananas to the North American market. Oke USA is a part of Equal Exchange, a Fairtrade worker-owned, cooperative headquartered in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Equal...

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Muslim Family Remembers Grief of Lost Husband & Father From 9/11 Tragedy

By Renee Blodgett on September 11, 2011 in North America, Photos, USA

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His smiling image has been cut out of a snapshot and carefully added to a photo of his father, so it looks as if the boy is standing beside the man. It smacks of a...

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Hungarian Food in the Countryside While Fireworks go off on the Danube

By Renee Blodgett on September 8, 2011 in Budapest, Europe, Hungary, Photos, Videos

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How lucky to be whisked away to the Hungarian countryside to the summer cottage of a friend over a holiday weekend when city dwellers, Budapest residents and tourists were a few hours away celebrating St....

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Fashion’s Night Out Meets Social Media and Style

By Renee Blodgett on September 8, 2011 in Argentina, Asia, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Central Asia, China, England, Europe, Events, Featured, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Japan, London, New York, New York City, North America, Pacific, Paris, Peru, Photos, Shanghai, Singapore, South America, South Korea, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela

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Fashion’s Night Out, a night of shopping and celebration that takes place across the globe tonight has made a controversial impact on the fashion industry and the consumer retail world. Although it continues to attract...

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San Francisco’s “Burning Man’s” Harvest Festival

By Tom Foremski on September 6, 2011 in California, Events, Festivals, North America, Photos, San Francisco/Bay Area, USA

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There's been a perceptible hush in the air around San Francisco as people get busy finalizing their Burning Man preparations. You can see cars and vans being packed, bikes being strapped and roof racks piled...

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Bragging Wagah Border

By Melinda Skea on September 1, 2011 in Asia, India, Lahore, Pakistan, Photos

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Hindustan! (I don't know the rest)! In politics there is a theory called Tit for Tat, also called equivalent retaliation, where an agent will mimic the actions of the opposing agent. They cooperate,...

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Women Farmers Key To End Food Insecurity

By Danielle Nierenberg on August 25, 2011 in Africa, Asia, India, Photos, South Africa

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It may seem surprising, but women are responsible for growing at least 70 percent of India’s food. Despite the enormous responsibility of feeding their country, women farmers confront numerous economic and cultural barriers every day...

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Summer in China: High Fashion & High Temps

By Rory Keane on August 9, 2011 in Asia, China, Photos

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An aggregate of happenings from the summer of 2011 in China. This dress has been sighted in every corner of China this summer, on every manner of lady. This dress has been spotted in all shapes...

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