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• The Homelands Blog

  Life, death, and water in Gaza

  July 26, 2018

  Sandy Tolan is in Gaza, reporting on the water crisis there. Here is a Facebook post from July 26: This morning in Gaza, a whiff of war in the air in the wake of Israel’s …

• The Homelands Blog

  What’s next for the pipeline?

  December 6, 2016

  In his latest story from North Dakota for the Los Angeles Times, Sandy Tolan asks what we can expect now that the Army Corps of Engineers has declined to approve a permit that Energy Transfer Partners, the company building the Dakota …

• The Homelands Blog

  Praise rolls in for Sandy Tolan’s new book

  March 2, 2015

  Sandy Tolan’s new book, Children of the Stone: The Power of Music in a Hard Land will be published in April by Bloomsbury USA. Sandy will launch the book on April 21 at the Los Angeles Public Library, then head out on …

• Food for 9 Billion

  Exploring the challenge of keeping ourselves fed at a time of rapid social and environmental change.

• WORKING

  Profiles of workers in the global economy, broadcast as a special monthly feature on Marketplace.

• World Views

  First-person documentaries reflecting the perspectives of ordinary people around the world.

• Barbara Ferry, Deborah Begel

  World Views

  Luis and Negra

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  Barbara Ferry, Deborah Begel

  World Views

  Luis and Negra

  Mexican-American writer Luis Alberto Urrea returns to the slums of Tijuana, where he worked as a young man, to see a woman he knew as a girl. His story, for This American Life, explores the sometimes uneasy relationship between “first world” writers and their “third world” subjects.

  In the late 1970s, Luis Alberto Urrea was working in the slums of Tijuana and Ana María “Negra” Calderón was a barefoot young girl, the unschooled daughter of garbage pickers. Nearly 25 years later, Luis is now a celebrated writer, winner of the American Book Award, and a tenured professor in Chicago.

  Back in Tijuana, Negra is struggling to raise her children and those of her sister, who was killed by her husband. In this piece Luis travels back to Tijuana to see Negra after an absence of seven years. He explores his sometimes uneasy relationship and the obligations that “first world” writers have toward their “third world” subjects.

  Date

  October 2003

  Other Contributor(s)

  Sandy Tolan, Alan Weisman

  Outlets

  This American Life

  Tags

  Themes: Lives, Culture

  Regions: North America

  Media: Audio

  Other Contributors: Sandy Tolan, Alan Weisman

  Other Tags: tijuana, Luis Alberto Urrea, first world, third world
• Border Stories

  Documentaries and features in English and Spanish exploring social, economic, legal, and environmental issues along the U.S.-Mexico border.

• Gloucester at the Crossroads

  Examining the social, cultural, and economic effects of declining fish stocks in the U.S.’s oldest fishing port.

• Stories from the Middle East

  Documenting conflicts over land and water, and efforts to promote peace and understanding.

• Sandy Tolan

  Stories from the Middle East

  Troubled Waters | Part IV: Of Jordan: A River and a Nation

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  Sandy Tolan

  Stories from the Middle East

  Troubled Waters | Part IV: Of Jordan: A River and a Nation

  Part 4 of a five-part series examining the role of water in political tensions and the peace process in the Middle East.

  Part 4 of a 90-minute, five-part series examining the role of water in political tensions and the peace process in the Middle East.

  Date

  October 31, 1997

  Other Contributor(s)

  Sandy Tolan

  Outlets

  Living on Earth

  Tags

  Themes: Lives, Environment, Peace & Conflict

  Regions: Middle East

  Media: Audio

  Other Contributors: Sandy Tolan

  Other Tags: river, jordan
• Searching for Solutions

  Documenting the efforts of innovators and visionaries working on ways to promote sustainable growth and development.