Blog Action Day 2008: Poverty, written 21 hours ago, Everything that matters in international development comes back to poverty. Poverty saps your ability to affect the path of your life, stay (or start out) healthy, find a job, or invest in education or a small business. Information on global po...

Nuggets of news from the open source world, written 6 days ago, This is old-ish news, but the acquisition of companies behind open source software by big behemoths continues with the acquisition of Jabber by Cisco. Matt Asay makes some interesting points about the fact that proprietary vendors spend...

Denver Post Editorial Board Endorses Mark Udall for U.S. Senate, written 3 hours ago, Old news, I know, but it happened last Friday, and with the long weekend and all, I thought it was important to highlight here. Last Friday, the Editorial Board of The Denver Post endorsed Mark Udall for U.S. Senat...

Standing up for What's Right (No on Prop 8), written 2 hours ago, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." (you know th...

Parent struggles to get children back.

One Person at a Time, written 10 hours ago, "Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings." Nelson MandelaEvery now and again, I pull out my clay jar. I've been working on it for most of my life, and...

No Principal for You !, written 1 day ago,

Crisis updates from Somalia and Congo, written 1 week ago,   The IRC is concerned about the worsening humanitarian crisis in Somalia and is responding to the rapidly deteriorating situation by providing urgent water and sanitation for tens of thousands of displaced people and the communities that h...

Joshua Rhett Miller is a fucking god or "you report, we decide", written 4 hours ago, August 8th, 2008 is a day for the history books. No Asshat, not because that was the opening ceremonies for the Beijing Olympics. Not because there were some babies born on 8/8/08 at 8:08; 8 lbs., 8 oz, a...

Volunteering here and there.

By the Wayside...., written 1 month ago, Things have a way of falling by the wayside and suffering neglect.It is time this blog got dusted off and pulled out of the weeds.Welcome to my update.Glad you stopped by.Stay tuned.

Blog Action Day, written 11 hours ago, Today is Blog Action Day where thousands of bloggers will be talking about poverty. The goal of Blog Action Day is to raise awareness of poverty and change the conversation for one day. My view of poverty is a little different than most considering I work full-...

Greg Palast and Shashank Bengali on Antiwar Radio, written 18 hours ago, Greg Palast and Shashank Bengali will be the featured guests on Antiwar Radio on Wednesday, October 15th. Palast will be on at 12:15PM Eastern and Bengali at 1:15PM Eastern. Gregory Palast is a New York Times-bestselling author...

Debut!!! ACLU of Wisconsin Voting Rights PSAs, written 5 days ago, Hot off the You Tube press!Check out these voting rights videos designed and produced by ACLU youth activists in Milwaukee. The film shorts feature students from the ACLU Student Alliance at UW Milwaukee and were shot by Sal Gomez, a...

California Voters, Proposition 6, and Jessica's Law, written 1 week ago, If you live in California, you probably remember that Jessica's Law passed last November. Unfortunately, the proposition did not specify who would pay for the GPS devices and monitoring of the sex offenders. So without funding ...

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Blog Action Day: Where do we stand on this day?, written 6 hours ago, Today is Blog Action Day wherein people all over are joining together to think and write about poverty. It's a big task to undertake, and quite frankly, I'm not completely sure where to start. As I sit writing this I am thinking a...

The Body Shop celebrates Blog Action Day, written 1 day ago, By Adam Valvasori - Values ManHappy Blog Action Day everyone! Today over 9,000 blogs are talking about poverty. Take a moment to learn more about poverty. Poverty is not natural, it is a man made, human rights disaster! As humans we have a...

Pint-Size Eco-Police, Making Parents Proud and Sometimes Crazy, written 5 days ago, Sometimes, Jennifer Ross feels she cannot make a move at home without inviting the scorn of her daughters, 10-year-old Grace and 7-year-old Eliza. The Acura MDX she drives? A flagrant polluter. The bath at night to h...

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