We need public transit—why can’t we get it?

By Robert B. Reich
Published on June 19, 2008

Israel Buries Beersheba Bombing Victims

By Dina Kraft
Published on September 2, 2004

Again Israel turns to mourning the dead, but this time the list of those killed has been slow in coming. As the bombs used in suicide bombings become more sophisticated, producing deadlier and deadlier blasts, it takes more time to identify the remains of the dead.

Suicide bomb in Jerusalem kills 10

By Dina Kraft
Published on January 29, 2004

"How will I find anyone alive?" the 21-year-old
security guard asked as he broke down the door and climbed onto the charred
ruins of bus no. 19, stepping over body parts and choking on the smell of
burned flesh.

Menorah Lights Our Way

By Marisa N. Pickar
Published on December 5, 2002

For three years, I lived in an apartment in Jerusalem next to a bus stop. The rhythm of my life quickly adapted to the bus schedule. Just by looking out my bedroom window, I knew exactly when to leave the house in order to catch the bus.

When I returned to California, I assumed my life's association with buses would end. But this was not to be. I live in a neighborhood where buses abound. And they're just as loud as those of Jerusalem. But the associations couldn't be more different.