Archive for the ‘International’ Category
by Jamison Maeda
Edward Snowden, the man who blew the whistle on the U.S. National Security Agency in 2013 will be speaking on Monday, March 10th via satellite at the annual South by Southwest Festival (SXSW) in Texas. Joining Mr. Snowden is American Civil Liberties Union’s technology expert, Christopher Soghoian. The discussion will cover NSA spying, and how we can protect ourselves from mass surveillance. This is the Interactive portion of South by Southwest, and attendees will be able to present questions to Mr. Snowden and Mr. Soghoian.
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by Jamison Maeda
Protesters marching to prevent the construction of the Keystone Pipeline
In what is being called “religious protection legislation,” politicians in the US state of Arizona have voted to allow businesses to refuse service to gay people. While at the same time the religious beliefs and traditions of Native American people are once again being completely ignored as oil company Trans Canada continues working on the Keystone XL Pipeline which would carry the planet’s dirtiest fossil fuel across sacred Native American land in the US.
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By Jamison Maeda
Police rescued nearly 700 ethnic Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar (formerly Burma,) in a raid on a human trafficking camp in southern Thailand. Traffickers were holding the Rohingya people for ransom. Some hostages had already been killed.
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by Jamison Maeda
Dolphins are considered to be one of the most beautiful and intelligent creatures on Earth, and rightly so. Dolphins live in family groups. The young stay with their mother for up to 8 years. Extensive study has been done on dolphin language and communication and it is believed that they are given names by their mothers which they use to call out to friends and relatives. There have been many accounts of dolphins coming to the aid of other dolphins, helping stranded pilot whales, and even rescuing humans. It is because they are so much like us that dolphins hold a special place in our hearts.
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