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Christian Parenti and MSNBC's Martin Bashir discuss whether or not the US is prepared for future earthquakes.

 The United Nations has called an emergency meeting to discuss the devastating famine in the horn of Africa.

Why is it that shelters known to be toxic are acceptable for Haitians but not Americans?

In the wake of Haiti's devastating earthquake last year, the Clinton Foundation funded the construction of hundreds of highly toxic, moldy, searingly hot emergency shelter trailers.

Major disasters show us how interdependent people are in this country and force us to better understand how we can work together in communities and in government.

The severe weather now reshaping how we live will only intensify if we ignore the damage we're doing to the planet.

Whatever ups and downs in the short run, a fair Egyptian election can only result in the most progressive, nationalist and independent Egyptian government in thirty years.

President Obama's full remarks on the State of the Union, January 25, 2011.

If Europe’s biggest social worry is the integration—or not—of its Muslim populations, nothing would be smarter than positive gestures towards Turkey. Unfortunately, the EU isn't making any.

The former Haitian president discusses his country, his exile and possible return and why his party, still popular in Haiti, isn't allowed to participate in the upcoming election.