September 2010 - Global Health - The Network of Care

Veterans are Close to a Touchdown, and We Need You to Make Some Noise

Paul Rieckhoff is part of Change.org's Changemakers network, comprised of leading voices for social change. He is the Founder and Executive Director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, and the author of Chasing Ghosts . Only nine days left...

Published Fri, Sep 17 2010 6:45 AM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

The Biggest Arms Deal in U.S. History, Obama-Approved

Sixty billion dollars. Anyone who secures a deal for that much would go down in business hall of fame. But anyone who gets that much for selling weapons is an arms dealing warmonger of historic significance, worse than a gang member who sells another...

Published Mon, Sep 13 2010 3:53 PM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

The Black Market in Malaria Meds

If you’ve spent much time in Africa, you’ve probably made friends with malaria. The sweats-and-chills kick in, and you haul yourself to a clinic. They *** your finger, confirm the disease, and you go to the pharmacy to buy a treatment (or, at this point...

Published Wed, Sep 15 2010 12:00 PM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

Arctic Peace Prospects Cool With Global Warming

If you think there's nothing to fight over in the world's northernmost arctic region, think again. Because of climate change, below the lands of ice and snow where the reindeer roam and the remaining Inuit hunt them, untold natural resources are...

Published Tue, Sep 07 2010 3:48 PM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

Could Microfinance Work in America?

Look out, Eddie Murphy. Coming to America has new meaning. What micro-credit pioneer Muhammad Yunus started in Bangladesh in the 1970s as a way to help the country’s poor lift themselves out of poverty – and has spread to become a worldwide phenomenon...

Published Thu, Sep 02 2010 1:05 PM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

The Naked Emperor: Obama, Iraq and Afghanistan

Wars don't have causes, people have causes and turn them into wars. As those causes change, so do the ways in which people engage in war to bring those causes into actuality. At one point in this apparently magical process, because almost everyone...

Published Wed, Sep 01 2010 2:05 PM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

Waving Goodbye To Iraq

Soldiers in Iraq are packing up their rucksacks, turning in their Kevlar and helmets, cleaning their guns, and piling into C-130 aircraft to fly home. On the long flight home many of the soldiers will pass the time on the flight talking about all the...

Published Wed, Sep 01 2010 10:15 AM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

Remembering to Love Thy Neighbor on September 11

When I first heard the news about “Reverend” Terry Jones’ plans to host an “International Burn a Koran Day” on September 11, I felt sick to my stomach. His plan is to host this event at his tiny church of only 50 parishioners on the outskirts of Gainesville...

Published Thu, Sep 09 2010 12:29 PM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

The Hamas Factor: Palestinian Unity, Key to Middle East Peace, Progresses

The recently restarted Middle East peace negotiations , already stuck over Israeli settlement building in occupied territory, face an equally formidable obstacle but one that conversely seems to be rapidly changing: The Hamas Factor. The group holds sway...

Published Mon, Sep 20 2010 12:11 PM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

Webbing the Webbed-Nots in Crisis and Development

This week the political leaders of the world are meeting at the UN to discuss arms control, disease prevention, kangaroo dancing, penguin colonies on Mars, and ... are you still reading? Yes, we want to reduce arms, to prevent disease, and work together...

Published Wed, Sep 22 2010 2:51 PM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

Saving American Schools from Rampant Militarism

One of the striking difference between Canada and the U.S. when it comes to public schools has to do with security. In Canada, if there's police at a school, people wonder what's wrong and get scared. In the U.S., where there's police at every...

Published Fri, Sep 03 2010 10:38 AM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

Obama Administration Ramping Up Sudan Efforts (Or So It Seems)

In an important speech on foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations this week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton only spent a few minutes on U.S. policy toward Sudan (thanks to Travis Atkins, a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, who...

Published Sat, Sep 11 2010 6:33 AM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

Our Conscience Keepers: Disarmament Lessons from a World-Renowned Professional

Dr. Swadesh Rana is the former Chief of the United Nation's Conventional Arms Branch in the Department of Disarmament Affairs. She is currently a Senior Fellow at the World Policy Institute, where she focuses on modes of combat and tools of violence...

Published Thu, Sep 23 2010 6:25 AM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

As Women Go, So Go the Millennium Development Goals

I'm glad the data has backed up this fact in recent years. Indeed, investments in women are the key behind progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). They are the bedrock for families, children, local economies, and entire societies. Yet...

Published Tue, Sep 07 2010 6:18 AM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

Reading the Minds of Terrorists (And Yours), Literally

This is not science fiction, it's science reality. New technology being developed at top-ranked Northwestern University just north of Chicago can get us into the minds of terrorists, read them and even know how, when and where their next attacks will...

Published Wed, Sep 08 2010 10:31 AM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

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