Category Archives: world

A shoutout to all my awesome friends who donated to relief efforts in Pakistan. In addition to their own personal giving, their generosity helped raise $320 for Oxfam America, which is focusing on clean water efforts, and $160 for the … Continue reading →

Update 3: Just donated $150 to Oxfam which will go towards securing uncontaminated drinking water supplies for flood victims in Pakistan. (Which will then be matched by Oxfam to total $300!!) Thanks to everybody who has given so far! Remember, … Continue reading →

Today is the 31st Anniversary of the Iranian Revolution, giving the Green movement another plausible reason to take the streets and protest. It doesn’t look like things are going so well this time around though.   Follow the liveblogs @ … Continue reading →

So it’s been about a month since the last midweek plug, but I’m really excited about this one. One of my good friends Livia (and her husband and her mom) is pledging to donate $10 $20 for every person who … Continue reading →

Protests in Iran are heating up again. Coverage @ The Daily Dish   The Catalysts: The Day of Ashura (wikipedia) The death of reformist Grand Ayatollah Montazeri (bbc) The Day of Ashura (عاشوراء (ʻĀshūrā’, Ashura, Ashoura, and other spellings) is … Continue reading →

Stay informed. @ Enduring America @ Andrew Sullivan (you’ll have to scroll down, since he didn’t aggregate all of his posts.) Tweet