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In the wake of mass flooding: the uncertain path home
Written by Faisal Kapadia
Nothing is more frightening than witnessing the extremities of climate change & there is no starker example of this in recent history than the flooding of the desert areas in the Thar and Badin district of Pakistan. As part of a community-based relief organization I had the misfortune to experience this […]
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Trolling, Threatening, Hacking: Pre-election Online Behavior in Nicaragua
Written by vlemus
(All links in Spanish unless stated otherwise.) Central America is not a region where politics can be discussed in a casual manner. Granted, nowhere in the world really is. However, our polarized societies don’t make it any easier either to openly discuss politics or find reliable sources of information on […]
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Will Social Media Use In Kenya Bring Change To Kenyans?
Written by kachwanya
It’s official: Kenyans, particularly young Kenyans are very addicted to the use of Twitter, Facebook, blogs and other online channels to meet like-minded people, share information and their thoughts. Now the BIG question is: “Would Kenyan youth use social media to bring change to Kenya come the 2012 general elections?” […]
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Romania: The EU’s Largest Receiver of Remittances
Written by Corina Murafa
Strawberry nouveaux riches We’ve invented a new word and a social category for them. We call them “capsunari” – which roughly translates as “strawberry-picker,” a term which doesn’t, however, convey the tone of scorn and disdain we usually put into it. About three million Romanians (13 percent of the country’s […]
