Robert S. Eshelman is a New York City-based journalist whose articles have appeared in The American Prospect, The Baffler, Abu Dhabi’s The National, The Nation, and Mother Jones, among other print and on-line publications. He is a contributing writer at The Brooklyn Rail.Tumblr (3.0; @robertseshelman)http://robertseshelman.com/Human Health? Why Worry? Its the Economy, Stupid.: Helen Thompson writes in Nature about the lack of...http://robertseshelman.com/post/24038289421http://robertseshelman.com/post/24038289421Tue, 29 May 2012 22:11:00 -0400... in which I'm profiled by the Earth Institute.: Last autumn the Earth Institute provided me with...http://robertseshelman.com/post/23118480244http://robertseshelman.com/post/23118480244Tue, 15 May 2012 16:17:00 -0400I&#8217;m in the final two weeks of studies at Columbia University&#8217;s Graduate School of...http://robertseshelman.com/post/21750257529http://robertseshelman.com/post/21750257529Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:28:51 -0400The Baffler #19: The Baffler has re-launched with many great authors such as Rick Perlstein, David...http://robertseshelman.com/post/19575670977http://robertseshelman.com/post/19575670977Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:21:14 -0400Hundreds of military and Central Security Forces personnel evicted today the remaining protesters...http://robertseshelman.com/post/8341673925http://robertseshelman.com/post/8341673925Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:24:08 -0400Ignore the media reports of the &#8220;Friday of Unity and the People&#8217;s Will.&#8221; It is the...http://robertseshelman.com/post/8219280939http://robertseshelman.com/post/8219280939Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:47:00 -0400The Brooklyn Rail July 25, 20011 My visit to Suez, where I planned to interview striking Suez Canal...http://robertseshelman.com/post/8058706547http://robertseshelman.com/post/8058706547Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:19:09 -0400Egypt&#8217;s ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces escalated over the weekend its antagonism...http://robertseshelman.com/post/8010664591http://robertseshelman.com/post/8010664591Sun, 24 Jul 2011 17:12:00 -0400The American Prospect July 12, 2011 Cairo, Egypt—Five months ago, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak...http://robertseshelman.com/post/7573892029http://robertseshelman.com/post/7573892029Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:59:00 -0400Ahaab Mohammad has something to say. A pharmacist from Cairo, he interrupts the conversation that...http://robertseshelman.com/post/7397701073http://robertseshelman.com/post/7397701073Fri, 08 Jul 2011 19:52:00 -0400Dear Brother: I write these few lines to let you know we’re doing well, on the whole, though it...http://robertseshelman.com/post/7378951818http://robertseshelman.com/post/7378951818Fri, 08 Jul 2011 06:30:00 -0400[Ed: This editorial by Egyptian novelist Alaa al-Aswany was published on June 5th, 2011 by al-Masry...http://robertseshelman.com/post/7306939820http://robertseshelman.com/post/7306939820Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:08:00 -0400I visited yesterday striking workers from the Timsaah Canal Company in Ismailiyya. The trip was part...http://robertseshelman.com/post/7227144040http://robertseshelman.com/post/7227144040Mon, 04 Jul 2011 09:53:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnt6k4XFa41qbo2uko1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> Military Cordons Strikers in Ismailiyya<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnt6k4XFa41qbo2uko2_500.jpg"/><br/> Workers Demand the Boss' Ouster<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnt6k4XFa41qbo2uko4_500.jpg"/><br/> Timsaah Company Headquarters<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnt6k4XFa41qbo2uko6_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> Mohamed's Got a Posse<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnt6k4XFa41qbo2uko8_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> Tanks Guard Canal Authority Headquarters<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnt6k4XFa41qbo2uko9_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> Union Leader Mohamed Hamzawy<br/><br/> http://robertseshelman.com/post/7227023055http://robertseshelman.com/post/7227023055Mon, 04 Jul 2011 09:46:00 -0400Several thousand protesters rallied this afternoon in Cairo&#8217;s Tahrir Square, marching past...http://robertseshelman.com/post/7127057514http://robertseshelman.com/post/7127057514Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:28:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lno35tLEED1qbo2uko1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lno35tLEED1qbo2uko2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lno35tLEED1qbo2uko3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://robertseshelman.com/post/7126959132http://robertseshelman.com/post/7126959132Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:25:01 -0400Major clashes broke out late last evening in Tahrir Square following several arrests and the beating...http://robertseshelman.com/post/7042532422http://robertseshelman.com/post/7042532422Wed, 29 Jun 2011 08:23:00 -0400A new poll released by the International Peace Institute sheds some light on the pulse of the public...http://robertseshelman.com/post/6785838612http://robertseshelman.com/post/6785838612Wed, 22 Jun 2011 05:10:22 -0400I arrived yesterday in Egypt, where I&#8217;ll be (thanks to a international reporting fellowship...http://robertseshelman.com/post/6684071471http://robertseshelman.com/post/6684071471Sun, 19 Jun 2011 05:38:00 -0400June 3, 2011 - The American Prospect Despite this spring&#8217;s ferocious weather, which scientists...http://robertseshelman.com/post/6145150021http://robertseshelman.com/post/6145150021Fri, 03 Jun 2011 12:37:52 -0400