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Tavis Smiley and Cornel West's 'Poverty Tour' Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog: Broadcaster Tavis Smiley and Princeton professor Cornel West just wrapped up their 18-city "Poverty Tour." The aim of their trip, which traversed through Wisconsin, Detroit, Washington, D.C., and the ...
Preparation for the Poor: Why Climate Funding Can't Wait Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog: The effects of climate change -- coastal flooding, stronger storms, spreading vector-borne diseases like malaria, and changes in rainfall patterns -- are already taking their toll on marginalized p ...
Obama's Remarks to the Indian Parliament and Just Peace Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog: One goal of just peace theory is to make war obsolete. The idea is to establish justice, in all of its various iterations, so that peace will prevail. One goal of just peace theory is ...
U2's Music and Mission--and My Kid's First Rock Concert Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <p><a href="http://www.ryanrodrickbeiler.com/Events/U2-Concert-at-FedEx-Field-2009/9812626_6qWPB#666442735_FC6on"></a>Oh no, my eleven-year-old went to his first rock concert this wee ...
Out of the Media's Eye Originally Posted: 02/28/2011 - 8:27pm | Type: Magazine Article: Kaitlin Barker Going beyond the blind spots. Before I met a refugee family from Burma, I was mostly unaware of ...
Ethnic Cleansing of Burma's Karen Refugees Continues Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:18am | Type: Blog: On May 24th, 2009, Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) junta-backed troops attacked numerous villages in Paan District, Burma, causing the flight of at least 3,000 internally displaced persons (I ...
Using My Liberty for Aung San Suu Kyi Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <p><a href="/sites/default/files/images/protest1.jpg"></a>I spent my Monday lunch hour, and maybe longer due to D.C. traffic, standing with some 30 protesters across the street from t ...
Burma's Untold Suffering Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 7:52am | Type: Blog: Soldiers entering villages and killing people on sight. Landmines blowing pregnant women to smithereens. There's no way this is really going on. The world would never tolerate this. ...
A Quiet Revolt in Burma Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 2:18pm | Type: Blog: <P>Don't forget <A href="http://eugenecho.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/pray-for-burmamyanmar/" target=_blank><STRONG>the situation in Burma</STRONG></A>.<BR><BR& ...
Revolution of the Spirit Originally Posted: 02/28/2011 - 8:32pm | Type: Magazine Article: Richard Deats Burma's resistance is not over. In August 2007, in response to a massive government-mandate ...