September 2011
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“The love of one’s country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the...”
– Pablo Casals (via lovedeen)
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Census: More Latinos List Themselves as White →
It’s interesting to see this article (and the one by the Washington Examiner) assuming that Hispanics are identifying with whites. In the census you had to, or list yourself as “other.” “Other” carries poor connotations, in that you lose your identity into something broad and that doesn’t describe you. In addition, any Census workers were instructed to check...
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lysscguatemala:
A recent study in Guatemala found that the impact of being stunted by malnutrition at age 6 is equivalent in its test score effects to losing four years of schooling … over 50% of children in Guatemala are malnourished.
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This is our movement →
Our Mission
On the 17th of September, we want to see 20,000 people to flood into lower Manhattan, set up beds, kitchens, peaceful barricades and occupy Wall Street for a few months.
Like our brothers and sisters in Egypt, Greece, Spain, and Iceland, we plan to use the revolutionary Arab Spring tactic of mass occupation to restore democracy in America. We also encourage the use of nonviolenceto...
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“Even after all this time
The sun never says to the earth,
“you owe me.”
Look...”
– Hafiz (via thesebeautifuleditions)
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Somalia famine getting worse →
visualoop:
Created by eLocal.com in partnership with The Washington Post
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Some Guy Threw 4,800 Messages in a Bottle Into the... →
Harold Hackett’s hobby, tossing messages in a bottle into the ocean, proves that even the most outdated and unreliable form of ‘social networking’ can still work in our booking the face, twittering the tweet world. He sent 4,800 messages via the Atlantic and received over 3,000 messages back from all over the world.
It’s so cool, Hackett has received letters back from...
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A Son Returns to the Agony of Somalia - By: K'naan →
K’Naan is a musician and poet.
Luck follows me through this story; so does my luckless homeland.
But I was also unusually lucky. The bullets hit everyone but me.
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“If a man has an apartment stacked to the ceiling with newspapers we call him...”
– B. Lester (via skylightdreams)
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Listen: Indidginus “Babylon King ft. Teba” →
South African producer Indidginus’ tunes lean towards the very bass-heavy, post dancehall realm. In “Babylon King,” he’s joined by Cape Town reggae singer Teba Shumba for a blown-out electro riddim that touches on topics like Marcus Garvey, biblical stories and (necessary) high-grade spliffs. The thick rumbling bass grabs the ear immediately as Teba lays out race divisions: “Blacker than the...
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Want a Real Economic Stimulus and Jobs Plan?... →
Forgiving the student loan debt of all Americans will have an immediate stimulative effect on our economy. With the stroke of the President’s pen, millions of Americans would suddenly have hundreds, or in some cases, thousands of extra dollars in their pockets each and every month with which to spend on ailing sectors of the economy.
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Why Isn't the U.S. a Leader in Green Technology? →
While China’s rising demand for oil is a huge driver in the Latin American boom, the Chinese government is also providing huge subsidies to its green technology industries. In Europe, Germany is the world’s first major renewable energy economy. The United States seems to be lagging in this competition.
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Gender inequality: Growth is not enough →
A new report from the World Bank shows that economic development alone will not be enough to balance the scales of gender inequality.
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Watchlysscguatemala:
This Shirt Helps + Pencils of Promise!
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Tune in for Adam Braun's interview with Randi... →
lysscguatemala:
Clinton Global Initiative!
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“Most good judgment comes from experience. Most experience comes from bad...”
– (via herownheart)
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DADT is dead!
After years of debate, the military can no longer prevent gays from serving openly in its ranks as of this morning at 12:01 a.m. EDT.
Navy Lt. Gary Ross, right, and Dan Swezy, partners of 11 years, exchange wedding vows in Duxbury, Vt., at the first possible moment after the formal repeal of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. (Toby Talbot - Associated Press)
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“There’s a tendency these days to give up on poverty, to dismiss it as a sad but...”
– Nick Kristof’s latest column, “Sewing Her Way Out of Poverty,” about a “prostitute-turned-businesswoman” who launched Jamii Bora, Kenya’s largest microfinance organization. (via invest2innovate)
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“Work hard, travel harder.”
– I said so. (via theweekendvagabond)
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“The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes...”
– -Leo F. Buscaqila (via letusriseforever)
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Using football to kick about a message on Aids →
lawrencelundy:
Employing sport to communicate HIV messages isn’t new, but one initiative aims to go further – imparting skills for planning, evaluating and funding a football-based HIV campaign
Ginan leads Rumah Cemara, a community-based organisation for people living with HIV and drug users. Since 2006, Rumah has been using football to keep its members and clients fit and healthy, but also to...
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WatchOver 1 billion people do not have access to clean water. This Shirt Helps joined the on going work of Waves 4 Water on delivering much needed clean water systems to the people of Haiti.
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“Today is what you think 5 de mayo is, America.”
– Fabiana Perera
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Zambikes Bamboo Bikes Turn Heads In The U.S.,... →
An African bike company builds bikes for the poor, funded by selling you a super-light sweet bamboo ride.
So far, Zambike has cranked out at least 8,000 metal bicycles and 900 bicycle ambulances and cargo carts in Southern Africa; they’ve sold 200 bamboo bicycle frames worldwide.
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“Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has...”
– H. Jackson Brown Jr. (via delusionalsketch)
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Got trash? Put a kitty in it! →
The Etsy shop Atomic Attic makes upcycled pet beds and feeding trays out of old suitcases and vintage electronics, thus making use of a cat’s natural tendency to sit on any damn thing you happen to have lying around. My dog wouldn’t fit in a suitcase — maybe a steamer trunk — but I love this idea, especially TV kitty here.
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“Commitment is what the powerful, intelligent and bold do while the weak...”
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“A girl who is on the cusp of becoming someone. A girl who may not know what she...”
– Jodi Picoult
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“Look at life as a school and you’ll never stop learning. All your...”
– Linda Finnerty
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“Hunger is an unforgivable disease because it is the easiest one to cure.”
– Peter Kimeu
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Remembering a Hungry Childhood →
My community remembers events and birthdays by times of hunger. We give the droughts names: “longoza” was the drought when many animals died; there was the drought of the “planes” because food was dropped from the air by planes, and one particularly bad drought was called “man who dies with money in his fist,” because, even if there was money, there was simply no food to purchase.
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“Remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won....”
– Gandhi
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“We live in a world where we have to hide to make love, while violence is...”
– John Lennon (via absentia)
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“I’m the one that has to die when it’s time for me to die, so let me...”
– Jimi Hendrix
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Man bikes around world with $2 in pocket →
When Keiichi Iwasaki left home on a bicycle ten years ago, he had 160 yen (about $2) in his pocket, and he planned to bike the length of Japan. He was tired of working in his father’s air-conditioning factory, and wanted to do something memorable before his life was over. So he set off on his journey, and whenever he needed more money, he’d perform magic tricks on the street.
But...
