AltWeeklies Wire
Facebook Revolution: Iran's Opposition Internetnew
During mass demonstrations in Tehran last week, the Western press couldn't stop writing about how protesters were using Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to organize demonstrations, spread news and share videos of street battles. In this case, the hype was true.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
06-24-2009 |
International
Mercy Corps is Helping America's Image in Ethiopia One Goat at a Timenew
While Mercy Corps gets major publicity when disasters occur, the nonprofit also works throughout the year on myriad projects. One such effort is in the West Hararghe region in remote eastern Ethiopia, where the group has spent about $1 million since 2002 among the region's estimated 1,000 villages to vaccinate animals in an area the size of Maryland.
Willamette Week |
Don Lieber |
05-21-2008 |
International
Tibet: The Other Protestnew
Antiwar demonstrators aren't the only ones taking it to the streets.
Willamette Week |
Lawrence Maushard |
03-26-2008 |
International
Tags: Tibet, international
Distant Flamenew
Portlanders protest the 2008 Beijing Olympics and call for the U.S. to boycott the Summer Games.
Willamette Week |
Amanda Waldroupe |
10-31-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Should We Divest From Iran?new
Oregon's pension funds help keep Iran's government afloat, but some would like to change that.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
10-10-2007 |
International
Tags: Iran, international
Mission of Burmanew
Far from Myanmar, refugees try to tell us what's going on in their former home.
Willamette Week |
Jonah Sandford |
10-03-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Raed Jarrar on Iraqnew
Like everyone you know, Raed Jarrar has an opinion on Iraq -- unlike most everyone else, he grew up there.
Willamette Week |
Julie Sabatier |
03-15-2007 |
International
Tags: international
War and Piecesnew
Mercy Corps is in Lebanon for the long haul.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
09-13-2006 |
International
Tags: international
Crisis Modenew
Andrew Mills, a freelance journalist living in Beirut, gives us a taste of what's turned into his war assignment.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
07-26-2006 |
International
Tags: international
Blog Blasphemynew
A Portland couple's Web postings get them in death-defying trouble in Pakistan.
Willamette Week |
Erika-Leigh Goodwin |
03-29-2006 |
International
Tags: international
