brooklynmutt:

if only…

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The slow-motion disaster of the food crisis in the Horn of Africa is truly horrifying. Last Wednesday the United Nations declared a famine in two large regions of Somalia; 3.7 million people, nearly half the country’s population, are affected. The crisis is larger than just Somalia. Right now the devastating drought in the region means that more than 11 million people need food aid across Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia. 

You can help by making a contribution through the Tumblr Dashboard or on the Somalia tag page, and we’ll match your support up to $10,000. Proceeds will go to the United Nations World Food Programme.

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Name The Burning House
Location New York

If your house was burning, what would you take with you? The answer says a lot about your values and background, according to photographer Foster R. Huntington. The Burning House is a living gallery of photographs of the items chosen by people from all backgrounds, from all around the world. “It’s a philosophical conflict between what’s practical, valuable, and sentimental. You’re forced to prioritize and boil down a life of accrued possessions into what you can carry out with you,” Foster says.

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Name Josh Rushing
Location Afghanistan, Iraq, Mexico, Columbia, US

Journalist, presenter, author, and photographer Josh Rushing co-hosts Fault Lines on Al Jazeera English. Rushing enlisted in the US Marine Corps in 1990, and was assigned to CENTCOM in Doha, Qatar during Operation Iraqi Freedom, where he served as spokesman to General Tommy Franks. An independent documentary about Al Jazeera, Control Room, captured his efforts to communicate the American message on Al Jazeera Arabic, which eventually led to him resigning his commission and later helping launch Al Jazeera English. He’s the author of Mission Al-Jazeera: Build a Bridge, Seek the Truth, Change the World.

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ellavila:

so beautifully sad.

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Name Natasha Vargas-Cooper
Location Los Angeles
First Post July 2008

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Name Cole Stryker
Location New York
First Post January 2008

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Economic protesters take to the streets in L.A.: “Occupy LA” demonstrators march from Pershing Square to City Hall to call attention to policies they say benefit the richest 1% of Americans.

Photo: Chaim Gilan of Echo Park participates in a rally at City Hall organized by the group Occupy LA. Credit: Christina House / For The Times

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Name Papillion Institute of Art ARTE:ZINE
Location Los Angeles
First Post December 2009

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Photo: Installation by Megan Geckler, currently on view at the Papillion Institute of Art.