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The situation in Mexico keeps degrading. Predictably, increased police and military are being used against more than just drug cartels. I mean they are so handy at getting rid of unions. Also, they...
View ArticleHaiti Donations and How Nonprofits Work
There has been a lot of internet chatter on what organizations to donate to in order to best help the Haitian people. Naturally, you want the maximum amount of your dollars to go to the people who...
View ArticleWhere are the Men Do-Gooders?
I signed up to be a literacy tutor with an organization here in DC. The program requires a half day training class. Looking around at the other trainees, I noticed a huge gender imbalance. Sure...
View ArticleSelling Social (In)Justice
Last week, I was invited to an awards ceremony at the Kennedy Center. The event was put on by an organization called Vital Voices, an NGO that “trains and empowers emerging women leaders and social...
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Occupy, Unions, NGOs and the Perils of DC Activism
I moseyed over to Occupy K Street last night for the general assembly and the action committee meeting. Not much to say about the GA – except maybe to mention that there was a serious shortage of...
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Book Review – Sex at the Margins
Sex at the Margins: Migration, Labour Markets and the Rescue Industry by Laura Maria Agustin My rating: 4 of 5 stars Laura Agustin has a remarkable ability to turn things on their head.If you read her...
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