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Articles by Martha Baskin

Migrants pray before a meal at El Comedor in Nogales, Mexico. Photo by Larry Hanelin.

Seattle choir travels to the border to support immigrants and refugees

by Martha Baskin | April 3rd, 2019

In “Music Crosses Borders,” a group of Seattle choir-singers, known as the Seattle Peace Chorus, traveled to the frontlines of the southern border this year, sketching a constellation of north stars to guide migrants in their journey to safety. Under the...

Doctors offering a new prescription in Seattle: fresh fruit and vegetables

by Martha Baskin | September 14th, 2016

Every Saturday, she goes to the farmers market near her home in South King County. This Somali woman, who asked not to be named, buys seasonal pears and plums and ingredients for a traditional Somali dish, maraq baamiye, with spinach, onions, okra, tomatoes...

Just say no to GMO

by Martha Baskin | October 12th, 2011

The presence of genetically modified organisms in the food supply has risen sharply since being introduced in 1996. Today 93 percent of soy, canola oil and cottonseed, 86 percent of corn and 95 percent of sugar beets have been genetically modified. Leading...

Tackling food security in Africa

by Martha Baskin | May 26th, 2010

Tensions between top-down and bottom-up approaches to solving the food crisis aren't unique to the United States. They're being felt across the global South. Last month protestors with the Kenya Biodiversity Coalition stopped a shipment of genetically...

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by Martha Baskin | May 16th, 2007

Four winters in war-ravaged Afghanistan showed journalist Ann Jones the daunting task of national recovery — and how the United States’ millions don’t help

Immediately after 9/11, Afghanistan became the first target of U.S. military retaliation in the so-called War on Terror. After the bombs stopped falling on Kabul, award-winning journalist and women’s rights activist Ann Jones set out for the shattered city...