The civil unrest in Guinea is provoking discussion all over the African continent about the potential for change, specifically for the potential to remove aging… Read More »Online activism, from Brazzaville to Bahrain…
When I visited Zimbabwe in September of last year, one US dollar bought $500 new Zimbabwean dollars on the “black market”. (The term “black market”… Read More »Zimbabwe: Where’s the breaking point?
It’s hard to know what to expect when you get an interview request from Pitchfork Media. After all, the Pitchfork folks are the cooler-than-thou indie… Read More »Pitchfork media, Tunisia, Tatooine and me
John Githongo, internationally celebrated Kenyan whistleblower, chose to release his latest report about the Anglo-Leasing scandal on his blog. This is great, Ory Okolloh notes,… Read More »Githongo discovers blogs. Sort of.
It’s -20C here in Lanesboro this morning, which means it’s really too cold to do anything other than throw logs on the fire and read… Read More »Solving big questions through “Ready, Fire, Aim!”
I really enjoyed my time at the Berkman Center/Sunlight Foundation meeting earlier this week, but felt a little out of place. Sunlight’s focus is primarily… Read More »Looking beyond the US for activist inspiration