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UN official looks at US housing crisis

anna — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:22:27 +0000

The economic crisis has hit American homeowners and renters especially hard. You can read the impact on the faces of the homeless and in the yard signs that say foreclosed. Now a UN official is seeing it for herself on a tour of the United States. Reporter Anna Sussman went along for the ride in L.A.

UN Official looks at US housing crisis

Rwanda on Trial

anna — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:37:38 +0000

How does a country recover from a genocide? In Rwanda, the government has implemented a traditional system of justice and reconciliation known as the Gacaca courts. The courts are expected to deal with the hundreds of thousands of people accused of participating in the 1994 genocide and promote reconciliation between genocide perpetrators and survivors. Jonathan Jones and Anna Sussman were granted rare access to videotape the proceedings. They also traveled to other parts of the country to investigate underlying ethnic tensions.

Rwanda on Trial

Burmese Crackdown Continues

anna — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:55:58 +0000

Despite the military government’s promise to hold multi-party elections in 2010, Burmese refugees, monks and resistance fighters say the crackdown on dissent in far from over. Jonathan Jones and Anna Sussman report for Current TV.

Same Same but Mae Sot

An unknown future for the monks at the forefront of the Saffron Uprising. The San Francisco Chronicle. Jones and Sussman.

Burmese Monks in Thailand Pace, Pray and Wait

The story of an American Karen man who left his home in Washington to join the Karen ethnic resistance movement. Seattle Times. Jones and Sussman.

Bellingham Retireee Embraces Myanmar Rebels’ Cause

And Anna Sussman reports on the efforts of one local journalist for the Women’s E News journalist of the month series.

Female Guides Gain Ground in Nepal Mountains

anna — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 08:20:05 +0000

Anna Sussman writes on the rise of women in the traditionally masculine field of mountain climbing, accompanied by a short video of a female led ascent to Annapurna Base Camp by Jonathan Jones.

Slow march of women’s rights in Uganda

anna — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:03:50 +0000

Anna Sussman writes on adultery laws and women’s rights in Uganda, and the struggle for girls’ education.

Ugandan Adultery Law Curbs Effects of Polygamy

Ugandan Science Scholarships Tilt Against Women