* "How To Help Indonesia Earthquake Victims: Guide On Donating Money Or Blood After Aceh Province Disaster:" http://www.ibtimes.com/how-help-indonesia-earthquake-victims-guide-donating-money-or-blood-after-aceh- ( Read more... )

* "The Real Reason College Tuition Costs So Much:" http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/05/opinion/sunday/the-real-reason-college-tuition-costs-so-much.html?smid=fb-share&_r=2Read more... )

* "Walker: Union-busting prepared me for ISIS:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/walker-union-busting-prepared-me-isisRead more... )

* Happy 150th Anniversary to the London Sewer System, an important public health measure designed to fight cholera and "The Great Stench" of the polluted Thames. I am a huge fan of separating drinking water and feces, and while such ideas were common in civilized places like China and Japan going way back, this was the first serious attempt to ( Read more... )

* These arrests are more proof that People of Color and poor people generally don't have first Amendment rights in this country. "Massive fast food worker protests nationwide:"

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* A really good long interview about current Egyptian politics starts here: http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/goaw64/exclusive---gigi-ibrahim-extended-interview-pt--1Read more... )

* Approximately 700 people were sentenced to death in Egypt last week for the crime of protesting in cursory proceedings with little real evidence they had done anything actually illegal ( Read more... )

* "Trouble in paradise for Chile's Easter Island:" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-26951566Read more... )

* The Russians continue to take buildings in coordinated attacks on government buildings in Eastern Ukraine. It's looking a whole lot like Crimea. They have sent in groups of Russian soldiers with no insignia, sometimes with the help of the Separatists. The Ukrainian military tried a raid, but failed. The acting Ukrainian President has begged ( Read more... )

* 90 people are still missing and believed dead in the Oso disaster ( Read more... )