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Blacks Turn to Internet Highway, and Digital Divide Starts to Close - New York Times
In this article, the digital divide is only defined as lack of access to technology, not an ability to use it or be literate with it.
(tags: digital-divide education)

Soy is 97% Toxic and 3% Safe, Now What??
I’ve been hearing about soy being [...]

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Yahoo’s founder responds to China criticism - ZDNet UK News
Jerry Yang should be ashamed of himself.
(tags: china google human-rights)

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[Common Language Project » about] Positive Reporting Across Borders
An idealistic and slightly ideological reporting project.
(tags: journalism participation)

Insights into Participatory Video
“With ‘Insights into Participatory Video,’ citizens have a chance to extract the full potential of technological tools that are increasingly accessible in remote areas of the world.”
(tags: video participation citizen-journalism)

AlterNet: Bernie Sanders’ Independent Revolution
My home state’s [...]

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Ore’s Notes
“BAWo is a project for African women who want to start blogging or who are new to blogging.”
(tags: blog-project blogging development africa)

The Young Caucasus Women Project
“This is a blog project for young women from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia entitled YoungCaucasusWomen”
(tags: blog-project blogging caucasus)

Manners aside, they’re girls on a roll - The Boston Globe
”We practice [...]

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As my Bronx Blog Project has come into focus over the last couple of weeks I’ve been more willing to share it with people. Though it’s not finished (will it ever be?) I feel like the web site and the content is at least viewable. The results of this sem-launch have been great. I’ve heard [...]

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You may have noticed that these “updated links” posts keep showing up. I’ve belatedly discovered the “daily blog posting” del.icio.us function, which — how do I write this without sounding techy? — posts my daily del.icio.us bookmarks to my blog every night. For the uninitiated, del.icio.us is a “social bookmarking” service that allows [...]

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From representing to pointing: some thoughts on the future of advocacy
“As more people have the chance to speak online, it’s going to become increasingly dangerous to speak on behalf of someone. Smart advocates won’t tell you what people need. They’ll point to people talking about what they need. “
(tags: development blogging blog-project)

thepeopleyes
thepeopleyes.org will become a [...]

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Free Hao Wu!
Hao Wu is a Chinese documentary filmmaker who was detained by Chinese authorities because he met with a banned Christian church while working on his next documentary.
(tags: human-rights globalvoices)

Loose Fur — “Hey Chicken”
I love Loose Fur, and this new song is great. The video is amazing — all Power Rangers. Check [...]

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