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Volunteer Brings D.C. Students Face-to-Face with Kenyan Poverty
June 26, 2009, Washington, DC: "You are sick and it is the weekend. You have a fever and you're sweating and vomiting so you fear you have malaria. You need medical attention. All the money you have is what is in your pocket, a total of $3.59. You never went to school so you...
Can Obama Reform Health Care, Mortgages, Markets and Iran?
If you could stop all police brutality today, either in Iran or in the United States,where would you choose to bring an end to all police brutality? If you say it is more important to stop police brutality in Iran, then I am going to guess that your skin is white or... Melanie Phillips: the most important election in history, maybe
Piss myself laughing! "Consider. A new Speaker is necessary because of the astonishing revelations of endemic and institutionalised dishonesty over Parliamentary expenses. " For parliamentary read all MPs – Conservative ones as well as New Labour, LibDem etc. Though – I... 45 Peace Fellows to Support Community Advocates in 26 Countries
Washington, DC: During the school year, Kate Cummings is a graduate student at Tufts University in Boston. For three months this summer, she will be helping women in Kenya to campaign against rape and human trafficking.Gretchen Murphy, from American University in Washington...Washington Post's 2009 Best State Political Blogs
It was a tough call but the Washington Post finally selected the best State Political Blogs of 2009. Check out which ones made the cut....read more. Did feminism destroy the “traditional family”?
Note: I don't ever post entire pieces on NP but this blog post functions as a whole and I don't believe it would work as excerpts. Apologies to the blog owner, and I hope if you come here, you understand my reasoning. ------------------What is your answer to this... 642 views | 37 recommendations | 21 comments
Danes Using Twitter & Facebook to Attract a New Breed of Tourists
Twitter and Facebook have hit the mainstream travel industry. The Danes have launched an entirely online campaign entitled 48hoursindenmark.com, in which they are promising a free trip to Denmark, for whoever... Rumor Mongering, The Mob and Web 2.0’s Ugly Side
Recently there have been big uproars regarding the growing lack of responsiblity of some blogs and the mob attacks that are set to follow their posts. For some peculiar reason some bloggers seem to believe they can post whatever they want to, running around like cowboys... Greek government attempts to shut down internet news sites
The Greek government has made moves to shut down Indymedia sites in the capital, Athens and neighbouring Patras according to local news sources. Following questions in parliament by member of the far right LAOS...
created by Teacher Dude | 20 wks ago | updated 20 wks ago
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493 views | 50 recommendations | 7 comments
2009: Year of the Shadow Media
Kirk Lapointe, Managing Editor of the Vancouver Sun pointed me to something interesting today. "Several weeks ago, BusinessWeek columnist Jon Fine shared a term in one of his predictions for 2009 that was intriguing... Emotionally Vacuous Reactions
The blogs have bought a kind of an information revolution with anybody having an iota of interest becoming a Citizen Journalist. But in some ways revolution hasn’t been for good. Before you pull the trigger and... Around the World in 10 Blogs...Our Top Ten on Blogs.com
Rather than stare at my navel and offer only US or French sites, I went global with my Around the World in 10 Blogs list offered on Blogs.com.I hope you benefit from the trip.Thanks to Wendy for thinking we were worth it... U.S. Army warns of twittering terrorists
Why is Twitter different from all the other social network sites? E.g. Facebook, chief among them, because it was basically founded by people from within the CIA and DoD, etc. Maybe Twitter is a competitor :) That would be funny! ...and, for that matter, what about Google and...
created by Maireid Sullivan | 35 wks ago | updated 35 wks ago
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78 views | 17 recommendations | 6 comments
Any chance California goes from blue to red?
Here's some interesting speculation from the blogosphere of California.Things often are not what they seem, and complacency is a killer."The polls have shown California to be Obama country for months. And the pundits are still predicting a sea of blue. But there has been a... New Blogging Community Lists Blogging Jobs for Newbies and Pros
Professional bloggers are stepping up their efforts to locate new and challenging blogging assignments by joining FreelanceBlogger.net – a new online community designed to connect bloggers and organizations looking for freelance bloggers. This new blogger...
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