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Hiding the Broadband Map

Megan Tady July 19, 2007 Megan Tady

A "David and Goliath" battle is being waged in Washington over zip codes and the names of companies offering high-speed Internet access. A non-profit organization is seeking access to records that detail the companies that offer broadband access in every zip code to include in a public database of media services. But the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), with the backing of telephone and cable companies, is keeping consumers lost by not releasing an accurate map of broadband Internet deployment in the United States.

UN Human Rights Council: A Focus on Human Trafficking

Rene Wadlow July 18, 2007 Rene Wadlow

While the Human Rights Council has focused only on a small number of States where human rights are abused - basically the Israel-Palestine conflict, the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war, and Darfur, Sudan - the Council has played a key role in building awareness of the growing flow, world wide, of human trafficking.

Africa: Green Revolution or Rainbow Evolution?

Carol B. Thompson July 18, 2007 Carol B. Thompson

Kofi Annan has just agreed to head the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation. But can Africa afford this proposed "green revolution" in terms of human health and environmental sustainability?

Online Video: Dave Dellinger on the Drug War

Toward Freedom July 18, 2007 Toward Freedom

Watch this online video interview with David Dellinger prior to anti drug war march in Chicago August 1996.

Support Ecuador’s Milestone No-to-Oil-Exploration Proposal

Rune Geertsen July 17, 2007 Rune Geertsen

What does a poor government do when it finds an oil treasure in a protected natural park? Does it choose profit, and therefore the pollution and the cultural extinction of indigenous people that goes with it, or does it leave the oil in the ground and wave goodbye to millions of dollars that could be spent fighting poverty?

Taking the Midnight Bus to Georgia: US Social Forum Diary

Max Uhlenbeck July 11, 2007 Max Uhlenbeck

As we approached the bus stop over on the north side of Union Square, we knew all of our hard work over the past few months had been well worth it. Looking out over the 100 person, two-bus delegation, you couldn't help but be struck by the amazing cross section of people and organizations we were rolling with on our way down to the first ever US Social Forum (USSF) in Atlanta.