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Blue Nile: US Complacency Encourages GoS Strength

According to those on ground in Sudan the sentiment is “The US better have a good plan.”

(KHARTOUM / PORTLAND) - In Sudan, humanity has not come before politics. The U.S. government has allowed and honored a genocidal regime to run, and win a fraudulent election full of intimidation and deception.

Human atrocities, genocide, arrest warrants and starving; all terms that have been used by the US government over the last several years to describe the situation in Sudan that they are now endorsing.

Oregon Still Among Minority of States That Tax Poor Families` Wages

OCPP weighs in on Oregon's taxing of the poor.

(SILVERTON, Ore.) - Oregon remains among a minority of states that tax the income of poor families and its tax is among the highest in the nation, according to a report released today.

"Taxing the work effort of poor families is counterproductive," said Joy Margheim, policy analyst with the Oregon Center for Public Policy, who examined the report.

Africa: Faces in Words

New weekly update on the breaking stories in the African nations.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Unseen, unheard; no one should be the bearer of these two words. Unfortunately, Africa is often in the forefront of this association.

Our common humanity should change this; we should never look away because it is too distant.

Eugene Tea Party: If it`s Got Tax in the Title Vote No

It could have just been the beautiful weather, but everybody seemed pretty happy, even if they were carrying around signs heralding impending bankruptcy, slavery, and doom.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - In politics the simplest messages are the best. If any single message could be elucidated from the Tea Party event held in Eugene, it was one of generalized discontent with government.

Strangely, this generalized discontent with government did not extend to the point of keeping local Republican flunkies off the stage.

Africa: Faces in Words

New weekly update on the breaking stories in the African nations.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Unseen, unheard; no one should be the bearer of these two words. Unfortunately, Africa is often in the forefront of this association.

Our common humanity should change this; we should never look away because it is too distant.

Haiti`s Socioeconomic Makeover

Global intervention is not necessary; However, Global sustainable involvement and empowerment are essential.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Let’s first preface and pose a question; when we consider the path of least resistance what seems easier to pursue AID, OR SOCIOECONOMIC REDEVELOPMENT?

This seems to be the standard across the world when it comes to confronting such large undertakings.

Empowering Haiti

How to begin to Empower Haiti and start the mending process?

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Looking through the historical lens of Haiti, before the earthquake, before the hurricane, there is a place known to most of the outside world as a Caribbean island and its related connotation.

If you take one step inside Haiti, there is a much different picture; that of poverty, unemployment, sacrifice and sadness.

Weekly Report on Israel`s Aggression Toward Palestinians

The main concern of the population of the Gaza Strip is to obtain their basic needs of food, medicines, water and electricity supplies.

(JERUSALEM) - In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, PCHR found that two Palestinian brothers were killed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip.

Eighteen Palestinians, including 3 children and a journalist, were wounded by Israeli gunfire in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

Book Review: Catastrophe Law, Politics, and the Humanitarian Impulse

Not necessarily “user friendly” - but a great contribution for those who want serious, academic knowledge.

(PORTLAND, Ore,) - Great insight with very real conclusions made a bit dry and academic. A paragraph made six sentences too long with six five-syllable words. A complex issue made more incomprehensible by convoluted language.

There is much to learn and grasp with this issue; the audience that needs to be reached will not have the time to dissect the language. Activism and policy change will only happen with the broadest of populations.

WHO Calls Breastfeeding Best Answer for Newborns in Haiti

Risks of miscarriages and other complications are serious.

(PORT-AU-PRINCE/SALEM) - The United Nations reports that about 7,000 women are due to give birth this month in Haiti, as medical teams continue to work around the clock in birthing tents to deliver newborns.

According to UNICEF, there are currently 120,000 pregnant women in Haiti, more than half are in earthquake-affected areas.