First: I have some good news with old work, but don't want to jinx it just yet. I'll be hearing more from them next week.

ETA: WTF? My paycheck didn't go through this week either! New Boss will call the fuckers on Monday, but wanted to cut me a check. Knowing how he was already pissed about previous accounting and not wanting to hear about the ( Read more... )

Remember this post way back in March about Mehdi Kasemi, the 19 year old Iranian student who was forced to claim for asylum in the UK, was denied, and then fled to the Netherlands only to have that country turn down the request to hear his case?

BBC News: A gay Iranian teenager who said he could be executed if he was sent home has been given asylum ( Read more... )

The Times estimates the death toll at 50,000 and millions made homeless. The Telegraph has disturbing news that the Junta executed prisoners after the cyclone hit. The Guardian reports Bush has pledged $3 million to Burma, and asks the Burmese authorities to allow foreign aid in. The LA Times reports on the desperate situation within the country ( Read more... )

In case you've missed it, there were several rather good pieces in the opinion section of the Los Angeles Times:

MODERN SLAVERY
Slavery's Staying Power - E. Benjamin Skinner

HOMELESSNESS AND MEDICINE
Street Medicine's Hard Choices - Susan Partovi

COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS AND JOURNALISM
Read It And Weep - Dennis McDougal

TIBET AND CHINA (Olympics)
Volcano In ( Read more... )