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This is so heartbreaking. I had no idea Haitians have to resort to something like Dirt Cookies. I knew there was crushing poverty, but just knowing this makes their plight more real. I've always wondered how one side of an island can be so poor while the other side thrives. I'm still not sure and I hope you'll write about that more.

If their camping under a bridge in Texas can bring more awareness to what they have to face in their homeland, so be it. But how did they get there? Who gave them directions and told them they would be safe there? These human tragedies are never-ending. Only the locations change. We have to do better to save them all from such desperation they literally put their lives in danger on the off-chance that some of them will be saved.

I wonder, too, about the Clinton's actions in Haiti. I've heard two decidedly different versions and I'm hoping you can clarify. In any case, I'll subscribe to your newsletter, and add it to my blogroll on Constant Commoner.

Thank you for doing this. These stories are so necessary.

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