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Ciné Institute: world-class education and professional job creation in Haiti

Artists for Peace and Justice, a non-profit organization that encourages peace and social justice and addresses issues of poverty around the world, tweeted a few days ago about the new Ciné Institute website. As you may already know, we have been interested in Haitian history and culture...

Qahera, the Egyptian veiled Superhero that’s crushing sexual harassment

Sara Yasin is a Politics Assigning Editor at PolicyMic. Last week she wrote about Qahera, the butt-kicking, veiled heroine created by Deena, an Egyptian artist who aims to battle both misogyny and Islamophobia with her pen. Yasin writes: ‘Covered from head-to-toe, Qahera patrols...

Hundreds killed in Syria chemicals weapons attacks

The U.N. Security Council said Wednesday it was necessary to clarify reports from Syria’s opposition that hundreds of civilians – including many women and children – have been killed in chemical weapons attacks, reports NBC News. The BBC’s Frank Gardner writes rockets with...

The MagkaSama Project will be back mid-September!

We will be taking a brief hiatus (a couple of weeks) so we won’t post new content posted until the middle of September. In the meantime, check out the archives, browse our site, there is plenty to read while we are away. We won’t be far anyway, we will post if there is any...

Grace Akallo comes back from the last place on earth

UNICEF published an awful, true story. The story of Grace Akallo who was abducted by Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army and forced to fight – to live.  She talks about her captivity and how education became her hope, her salvation – and her impetus to fight for peace. From the...

Free solar power in Peru, al-Bashir and Museveni, UN intervention brigade in Congo

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed: Peru and free solar power; Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni don't get along; Can the UN intervention brigade bring lasting peace and stability to the war-torn country, Congo? - Peru to...

No Menstrual Hygiene For Indian Women Holds Economy Back

Sometimes we tend to forget that even simple things like menstrual hygiene can still be an obstacle for women. Sushma Devi, a mother of three in Northern India, stores her “moon cup” on the window sill of the mud-brick veranda that shelters the family goats. We learn a lot about...

Protests after Tunisian opposition leader killed

Ben Ali may be gone (read our news published in April about Ben Ali son-in-law) but Tunisia is still in torment. Angry anti-government demonstrations broke out Thursday across Tunisia after gunmen killed the leader of a leftist opposition party, raising fears of new chaos on the difficult...

Activists want Sudan leader arrested, Climate change denial, South Sudan

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed: Activists want Sudan leader arrested; Is the Season for Climate Change Denial Finally Over?; South Sudan: Army Making Ethnic Conflict Worse. - Activists want Sudan leader arrested - July 15, 2013 - Is the Season for...

Help Children Mending Hearts Shop for Class Supplies

On April, we posted about Children Mending Hearts and asked you to vote for them on GOOD Maker. A couple of months have passed and CMH will be reaching over 1,500 students in the next six months with over twenty classes at various locations in the Los Angeles area and exchange partners...