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NGOs: Do They Help?

Dinyar Godrej December 7, 2014 Dinyar Godrej

Witness the growth spurt in non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and you would be forgiven for thinking the world becomes a more caring place every day.

These legions of not-for-profit groupings that fan out across the world, intent on ‘capacity building’, ‘reducing poverty’ and ensuring that the ‘voices of the most marginalized’ are heard, surely reflect an acceptance that too many have suffered for too long, and the tide can turn with the right kind of wind behind it. read more

Woman-Made: How Rethinking Pregnancy and Childbirth Could Undermine Sexism and Honor Women’s Reproductive Rights

Jeffrey Nall December 2, 2014 Jeffrey Nall

Our fundamental beliefs about pregnancy and childbirth shape how we think and feel about reproductive rights including not only what rights birthing women should have but also abortion rights. And these beliefs about pregnancy and childbirth are, for most of us, shaped by an often subtle yet deeply embedded and potent patriarchal worldview.

Beyond Darren Wilson: Challenges to the System Starting in Ferguson and St. Louis

James Anderson December 2, 2014 James Anderson

After the grand jury announced that Wilson would not be indicted, challenges to prevailing systems of justice have been launched from activists across the country.

Anywhere But Here: Las Vegas and the Global Casino We Call Wall Street

Rebecca Solnit December 2, 2014 Rebecca Solnit

Source: Tom Dispatch

“Oh my God, I’m in hell,” I cried out when the car that had rolled for hours through the luscious darkness of the Mojave night came to a jolting stop at a traffic light on Las Vegas Boulevard, right by the giant oscillating fuchsia flowers of the Tropicana. Back then, in the late 1980s, the Strip was the lasciviously long neon tongue a modest-sized city unfurled into the desert. Behind the casinos lining Las Vegas Boulevard was the desert itself — pale, flat, stony ground with creosote bushes here and there, a vast expanse of darkness, silence, and spaciousness pressing in on the riotousness from all directions. read more

Walmart Workers’ Movement Gains Momentum as Black Friday Looms

John Lasker November 25, 2014 John Lasker

“Are you ready to strike and refuse to work this Thanksgiving and Black Friday to protest Walmart's bullying?” That is this year’s rallying call from the Organization United for Respect – better known as OUR Walmart – as they try once again to convince Walmart associates across the county to strike on Black Friday.

A Base Camp, an Authoritarian Regime, and the Future of U.S. Blowback in Africa

Nick Turse November 24, 2014 Nick Turse

Source: TomDispatch.com

A Base Camp, an Authoritarian Regime, and the Future of U.S. Blowback in Africa

Admit it. You don’t know where Chad is. You know it’s in Africa, of course. But beyond that? Maybe with a map of the continent and by some process of elimination you could come close. But you’d probably pick Sudan or maybe the Central African Republic. Here’s a tip. In the future, choose that vast, arid swath of land just below Libya.

Who does know where Chad is? That answer is simpler: the U.S. military. Recent contracting documents indicate that it’s building something there. Not a huge facility, not a mini-American town, but a small camp. read more