Global Health

In Guinea Bissau, One Aid Project That's Poised to Work

It’s easy — too easy — to write about failures in aid, intervention and other encounters between well-intentioned outsiders and the places they go. So I want to take a moment to acknowledge a program that actually seems to be working: a UN Development...

Published Thu, Aug 19 2010 6:37 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

The Art of Non-Conformity and Humanitarian Aid

Chris Guillebeau writes the blog the Art of Non-Conformity . After spending four years working for a medical charity in West Africa, he hit the road and decided to travel to every country in the world before his 35th birthday. So far, he’s been to more...

Published Thu, Aug 19 2010 11:36 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Stock Up on Sunscreen, 'Cause You May Soon Live in the Desert

For those of us believers, it's pretty clear that global warming is to blame for the weather chaos that has been plaguing the earth of late. From the flooding in Pakistan that has already claimed the lives of 20 million people and is still going strong...

Published Fri, Aug 20 2010 8:10 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Five Ways "President" Gingrich Would Weaken National Security

Considering there will be a number of midterm Congressional seats up for a vote in two months, and a critical Presidential election only two years from now, this fall is an important time to restore movements for progress. Many of you are already rallying...

Published Wed, Aug 18 2010 2:33 PM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

Taliban and Family Execute Youth Who Eloped for Love

"In Bold Display, Taliban order Stoning Deaths" , reads a New York Times headline by Rob Nordland. What's shocking about this case of Taliban militants and family members killing a 25-year-old man and 19-year-old woman outside Kunduz is...

Published Tue, Aug 17 2010 4:15 PM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

Welcome to the World of Narco-Censorship

Every country in the world “has a mob,” but in Mexico it seems “the mob has a country.” The drug cartels in Mexico have infiltrated the government, the police, the army, and now they are calling the shots with the press. There is a new word floating around...

Published Tue, Aug 17 2010 1:56 PM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

Tell Obama to Bring an End to the Soul-Staining Genocide in Darfur

With a lack of consensus within the Obama Administration on U.S. Sudan Policy, aid groups are pleading with the President to make the people of Darfur a priority. The ongoing genocide in Darfur seems to be ramping up rather than quieting down, as detailed...

Published Tue, Aug 17 2010 7:10 AM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

The Situation in Darfur Deteriorates

If anyone was under any illusion that Darfur was more or less resolved or could simply be “managed,” recent developments there should be an abrupt wake-up call. A tense situation that continues to unfold in Kalma camp – one of the region’s largest with...

Published Mon, Aug 16 2010 3:23 PM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

International Corporations vs. Developing Nations: The Story of El Salvador

(With the first vote announced by the World Bank Tribunal, the battle wages on between El Salvador and Pacific Rim Mining Corporation.) In a disappointing turn of events, the government of El Salvador has lost the first round in its battle against Pacific...

Published Mon, Aug 16 2010 9:37 AM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

U.S. Teen On Solo North Korea Peacebuilding Mission

President Obama still hasn't started the direct talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il that he controversially promised during his campaign two years ago. But that's not stopping a 13-year-old American from doing just that, solo and on his...

Published Fri, Aug 13 2010 12:12 PM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

How to Take Full Advantage of International Impunity, By Omar al-Bashir

In the months after the first warrants were issued for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, he proceeded to kick aid groups out of the country and ramp up violence against the people of Darfur; proving to the international community that he enjoys ultimate...

Published Fri, Aug 13 2010 8:52 AM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

Porn Vs. Politics as Usual

Elected officials worldwide, and especially in the U.S., are notorious for being overly distracted, aloof and absentminded during routine and even special legislative sessions. In other words, they apparently believe that there's better things to...

Published Thu, Aug 12 2010 7:47 AM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

Cambodian Genocide: Would You Seek Revenge?

If someone killed your parents in a heat of passion in peacetime, wouldn't it be hard to remain civil, to greet them on the street and shake their hand? Now imagine somebody coldly, over time, designed the architecture to murder them among several...

Published Wed, Aug 11 2010 12:28 PM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

In This New Dawn, Let Us Not Forget Our POW/MIA in Iraq

September will mark no less than three significant dates for the United States in regard to our presence in Iraq. Firstly, September 1 st will mark the end of the sardonically named “Operation Iraqi Freedom,” and the transition to a reduced (not withdrawal...

Published Wed, Aug 11 2010 7:01 AM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

Next Generation of Terrorists Attacking Sources of Power, Not People

Welcome to the next generation of terrorism. You and your family are in luck, because when it becomes dominant, you'll be less likely to be the victim of a terrorist attack. In a strange synergy between 9/11 and Somali pirates, a tanker owned by a...

Published Tue, Aug 10 2010 8:21 AM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

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