The U.S. has less than 5 percent of the world’s population but almost a quarter of its prisoners.
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Thoughts, ideas and reactions to things that I learn/hear about about, news stories, politics, etc. Topis of interest currently: immigration, fair trade, immigrant rights, suffering, human rights, human trade, sex trafficking...
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BBC News: Human Trafficking
Books
- Till We Have Faces by C.C. Lewis
- Runaway by Alice Munro
- Underworld by Don DeLillo
- Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie
- On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
- Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger by Ronald Sider
- Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
- The F-Word: Feminism in Jeopardy, by Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
Topics
- Christianity (4)
- Deportation (1)
- Development (3)
- Economy (3)
- Environmentalism (3)
- Foreclosures (2)
- Health (3)
- HIV/AIDS (1)
- Human Rights (13)
- Human Trafficking (8)
- Immigration (2)
- Katrina (1)
- Mental Health (1)
- Policy (1)
- Politics (8)
- Poverty (4)
- Public Health (3)
- Restorative Justice (1)
- Slavery (7)
- Spirituality (3)
- War (5)
Albums I LOVE...
- St. Vincent, "Marry Me"
- Paolo Nutini, "These Streets"
- Andrew Bird, "Armchair Apocrypha"
- Spoon, "Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga"
- Scott Matthes, "Passing Stranger"
- Walter the Orange Ocean, "Restless or Sleeping"
- The Innocence Mission, "We Walked in Song"
- Amy Winehouse, "Back to Black"
- Modest Mouse, "We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank"
- The Arcade Fire, "Neon Bible"
- Midlake, "The Trials of Von Occupanther"
- Death Cab for Cutie, "Plans"
- Ryan Adams, "Love is Hell"
Fav Web-sites
- Project Vote Smart - find out how your elected officals vote, and how you think they should vote, for important issues
- Alertnet-Alerting humanitarians to emergencies
- trueistrue-graphic design by Mike Cina
- Pandora: create your own radio station
- Darfur/Darfur - Write a Letter, Save a Life
- Oxfam America - international relief & development
- BBC Newsite
- International Justice Mission - helps rescue sex slaves
- Sojurners - Christian social action network
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