February 2012
42 posts
reblog if i'm allowed to go to your ask box and be...
“We used all the available tools in order to communicate with each other,...”
– Internet activist Wael Ghonim says sites like Facebook are tools that can help connect people and disseminate information to the masses, but cannot create social changes on their own. (via nprfreshair)
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The High Cost of Poverty: Why the Poor Pay More →
I almost cried when I got to this part.
Money and time. “I ride the bus to get to work,” Nicholas says. It takes an hour. “If I could drive, it would take me 10 minutes. I have to catch two buses.” She gets to the bus stop at 6:30 a.m. The bus is supposed to come every 10 or 15 minutes. Sometimes, she says, it comes every 30 minutes.
What could you accomplish with the...
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WIL WHEATON dot TUMBLR: Komen cuts grants for... →
laughterkey:
jessicavalenti:
I’m sure that most folks know by now that Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a breast cancer charity and advocacy organization, announced that they were cutting funding to Planned Parenthood for cancer screenings. In the last five years, the money from Komen allowed PP to provide
January 2012
132 posts
How Swedes and Norwegians Broke the Power of the... →
Both countries had a history of horrendous poverty. When the 1 percent was in charge, hundreds of thousands of people emigrated to avoid starvation. Under the leadership of the working class, however, both countries built robust and successful economies that nearly eliminated poverty, expanded free university education, abolished slums, provided excellent health care available to all as a matter...
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The Monkey and the Turtle (2012-01-31)
leflaneur:
The Monkey and the Turtle (2012-01-31) by randomsalt
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THE STORY OF A SUICIDE →
Two college roommates, a webcam, and a tragedy.
Read more http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/02/06/120206fa_fact_parker#ixzz1kzhV0OST