AltWeeklies Wire
Donations for Wildfire Relief Went to Plug Tourismnew
In early 2014, the Red Cross gave $50,000 of money designated to help with 2012 Colorado wildfires to the Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau. The grant first came to light in late October, when $10,000 of it was used to pay for a Manitou fireworks display.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Robert Meyerowitz |
11-20-2014 |
Disasters
Things Fall Apart
In New Orleans, a convoy of emergency responders find a Motel Six with its side ripped off, a tattered mattress on top of a car, starving dogs and a lone man who doesn't want to leave his home and go out into all that filth.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Dan Frosch |
09-14-2005 |
Disasters
Lebanese-American Peace Activist Tells What He Learned in Iraqnew
"Most of the people I know in Iraq believe the US will impose a government on them and they will then either have to accept it or fight it," says Ramzi Kysia, who was in Iraq before and since the U.S. invasion.
Monterey County Weekly |
Andrew Scutro |
08-07-2004 |
International
Tags: violence, oil, torture, military, Fallujah, Detroit, Saddam Hussein, Red Cross, Michigan, Iraqis, international, United Nations, 2003 invasion, Americans, Baathists, Education for Peace in Iraq Center, Iraqi Governing Council, Moqtada Sadr, NGO, Oil for Food program, Paul Bremer, Royal Oak, sanitation, suburb, Voices in the Wilderness
