We live in a fast paced world that few find a way to escape from, including teens, However its not about escape, but coping, and learning to deal with the stress of everyday life. There is no one that this is not important for than children and teens, but often they are the most overlooked. […]
As many as 76 percent of all black boys in Baltimore fail to finish high school. That prompted a school in Kenya to accept a group of these at-risk boys, all around 12 years old, and teach them not only academics but also how to respect themselves and others. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/C2ol5SHchLo” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] […]
On my personal blog, I posted a piece about my interactions with exploitation and violations of workers rights in Haiti. To see the full post go to: http://developmentandpolitics.blogspot.com/2010/12/some-musings-on-workers-rights-and.html Sometimes when the day, the week, the month, has been long, I take a stroll to some kind of stress release, to see friends or sneak into […]
Low-resource countries often carry the heaviest disease burden and maintain the smallest health workforce. The deadly cholera epidemic in Haiti is only the most recent example of how the time for ‘task shifting’ has arrived. By Allyn Gaestel for ISN Insights http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/ISN-Insights/Detail?lng=en&ots627=fce62fe0-528d-4884-9cdf-283c282cf0b2&id=124470&contextid734=124470&contextid735=124469&tabid=124469
Recently there was a lot of blow-up and anger at Amazon.com over the sales of “The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure,” an electronic book written and published by Phillip R. Greaves (various news). The book itself was unimaginable in the eyes of anyone who cares about the welfare of children and seeking their protection […]
UK based risk advisory company; Maplecroft has released its annual Terrorism Risk Index (TRI) for the year 2010-11. The report released recently shows some important variations in the patterns of terrorist activities on the global scale. A summary of the report released to this blog, indicates a notable increase of terrorism risk status of Greece and […]
Europe and Africa: a partnership of equals? The UN launches a $678 million appeal for humanitarian aid in Afghanistan What the average American thinks we spend on foreign aid And, since everyone seems be talking about it, the SNL (read: Andy Samberg) take on world history Enjoy! As soon as finals give me some time […]
It’s a great little world we live in …. Well, for Ella Fitzgerald and the Gershwins love was the key. Can’t argue with that. Second best? Clean tech. Here are a smattering of recent articles that show that things are indeed looking up: Special Report: Turning Over New Leaf: Get Ready For EV Era – […]
With the arrest of three terror suspects on Friday, police in the Pakistani city of Dera Ismail Khan claimed to have foiled a major attack. Dera Ismail Khan is a city situated in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. According to media reports the terrorists were attempting to carry out an attack ahead of the Muharram which […]
Jafar Panahi, a celebrated Iranian filmmaker accused of organizing demonstrations against the government and various other crimes, delivered an impassioned defense in court last month. Panahi was imprisoned in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison from March 1 to May 25 of this year. Panahi is the director of several internationally acclaimed films, including “The White Balloon,” […]
An open letter, sponsored by forty-six of America’s leading foreign policy academics, was recently posted to the bi-partisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (previously mentioned here: http://powerpolitics.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2010/11/17/slashing-the-us-defense-budget-not-so-fast/ ) criticizing the Obama Administration’s exemption of defense spending from the bulk of austerity measures aimed at restoring “fiscal responsibility”. As a service to my readers, […]
As financial markets shuddered and then nearly imploded in 2008, the Federal Reserve opened its vault to the corporate world — both domestic and foreign — on a scope much wider and deeper than previously disclosed.
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