April 29: Global Human Rights Log
I have been reading human rights reports from around the world on a regular basis for a bit now. I was inspired by Soj, to start my own bloglog of human rights news compilation from around the world....
View ArticleHeroes of the day: The Boston Mayor and Cambridge
I have a hero for this day the 3rd of May...I woke up this morning to read that the mayor of Boston, Tom Menino, is taking an openly defiant stance to Governor Romney's desperate ploys to prevent the...
View ArticleGoreTV coming soon to a tube near you
A media group led by Al Gore announced today that it had bought Newsworld International, a Canadian international news network. The network will be aimed at young people between the ages of 18-34....
View ArticleMay 4: Global Human Rights Log
Here is a list of stories that I was watching over the past five days on human rights. If you have any human rights, humanitarian or civil/social rights stories that you've been following please add...
View Articlekerry4US: TXT msgs as political outreach and advertising
I have been following the snap federal elections in Canada will more than a little fascination and came upon a story at the CBC concerning political parties and the use of text messages as a new form...
View ArticleJune 13: Global Human Rights Log
Here are some of the human rights and humanitarian affairs stories that I have been following over the past three weeks. China: In Beijing, a court sentenced a former civil servant to three years in...
View ArticleView from a battleground state: Maine
Living in one of the few somewhat urbanized areas of Maine, I expected to be inundated by political ads from the Bush and Kerry campaigns but this has so far proved to be only half true. I have seen an...
View ArticleSudan: News and Views and "What You Can Do..."
My fellow dKossers: I have felt compelled on a daily basis to closely follow developments concerning the ongoing crisis in Darfur, Sudan ever since reading a book on our country's indifference to...
View ArticleWho are the Janjaweed?
I wanted to pull from a couple of sources in an honest attempt to understand as much as possible just who the Janjaweed are. I want to begin my diary entry with one possible reason for Khartoum's...
View ArticleDarfur's rebels: The SLA and JEM
Although there is a similarity in name to John Garang's Sudanese Peoples Liberation Army or Movement SPLA/M operating out of Southern Sudan, it should be noted that according to all the news sites that...
View ArticleDarfur, Action and the UNSC: Mutually Exclusive?
In a quick turnabout, the Sudan Tribune reports that UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan stated yesterday that a US-sponsored resolution in the Security Council could be approved if presented soon. The...
View ArticleView from a Battleground State: Maine, pt. 2
I just wanted to take a brief look at a state that is currently considered a battleground state, Maine. Though there aren't many polls available as far as I know. In a Rasmussen State Poll released on...
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