Will Democracy Prevail in Haiti? Photos and Article by Michael Kleinfeld     It was an exhausting day. Haitians of all ages crowed the streets near polling stations in Port-au-Prince before dawn. As the light increased so did the numbers of people. ......continue
	Rebellion in Ethiopia Photos and Article by Jonathan Alpeyrie     Since 1974, the OLF (Oromo liberation front) has been waging a guerrilla war against the Ethiopian government. The Oromos are an ethnic group, which represent close to 55% of the entire population of Ethiopia ......continue
	Sudan: Caught in the Middle of Armed Militias By Basil Safi     March 15th started like any other day here in Sudan. I awoke with the sun feeling refreshed and ready to start my program anew after my few days in Loki. As my usual field officer was not...continue
	War in Ossetia: Russia’s Foothold in the South Caucasus Photos and Article by Jonathan Alpeyrie     Russia’s interest in the South Caucasus, contrary to popular belief is still going strong. The Russians still have military bases in Abkhazia Georgia, in Armenia, and some troops in . ......continue
	Dispatch: New Orleans Photos and Story by Gary Fabiano     Hurricane Katrina was a direct hit on the city of New Orleans. We all watched as people were trapped on the roofs of their homes holding signs pleading for help. The dead were left on the street, in back yards or floating listlessly by in a nameless. ......continue
	The French Foreign Legion: Peace Keeping in the Ivory Coast By Yann Michel Photos by Jonathan Alpeyrie     As the legionnaires march slowly down the main street of the town of Bangolo, in the country of the Ivory Coast ......continue
	Child Witches: The Democratic Republic of the Congo By CJ Maloney Photos by Jonathan Alpeyrie     Trying to eke out an existence in the midst of all the squalor, violence, and poverty of Kinshasa, the war-torn......continue
	The Sadr Rebellion: A Tale From The Baghdad Sheraton Hotel By Peter Bussian     In the early months of 2004 the Shias gathered in groups that grew exponentially from week to week. As I wandered the crowds photographing I was struck by the fervor of their .....continue
	Photo Gallery: World War II Vets By Jonathan Alpeyrie     Suren Sarkisian was born in the village Voskevaz in Armenia on 1924. He went to school in 1931, and finished in 1942, and was drafted that summer in September 1942. He was drafted by the village recruitment office, after two month he finished .....continue
	The Maoist Rebellion: Nepal’s Civil War Rages By Jonathan Alpeyrie     On a rock in the middle of the remote region of Rolpa district in Western Nepal, is written with white paint a Maoist saying: “To rebel is a people’s right”. This sentence alone defines the nature of the Maoist rebellion, a fight which has been .....continue
	The Karabakh Conflict: Traveling Into a Dark Corner of the Former Soviet Union (Published in the Santa Barbara Independent) By Matt Kettmann Photos by Jonathan Alpeyrie    Toward the end of my third week in the little .....continue
	Vacationing in Afghanistan By Aaron Rockett     I came to Afghanistan to cover the first-ever democratic elections with an American documentary film team. In the weeks leading to the Afghan elections the Taliban vowed bombings and kidnappings. However, the only excitement .....continue
	On the Frontline of Afghan Democracy: The Political Maneuvering of a US Ambassador By Aaron Rockett     After six weeks in Afghanistan I was about to board my Afghan Ariana flight for a ten hour nail-biter to Frankfurt, Germany to connect with my flight home. I had spent.....continue
	Notes from Afganistan (Sept. - Oct. 2004) By Aaron Rockett Sun, 31 Oct 2004 Hi all,     Judging from responses from everyone, news from .....continue
	On the Frontline of Democracy By Aaron Rockett     It is a different world in Kabul from the one I’m from. Destroyed mud brick buildings stand next to slow reconstruction. My eyes burn from the thick dust and pollution in the air. Diesel spews from the cars in jammed streets as drivers create the.....continue
	Beisbol, Havana Style By Aaron Rockett     It was a group of Mormon missionaries that I had met only a few weeks earlier in Mexico that had proposed the idea of going to Cuba. They had traveled to all parts of the world and spoke Spanish so well that locals mistook..... continue