links for 2007-01-16
Somalia Makes Moves to Crush Insurgency – New York Times “‘Totalitarian rule has arrived,’ said Asho Elmi Ahmed, a shopper. ‘And it didn’t take long.’”… Read More »links for 2007-01-16
...My heart's In Accra
Ethan Zuckerman’s online home, since 2003
Ten democracy projects in seventy minutes
After lunch, the Sunlight/Berkman conference moved to a format that I usually find pretty painful – the Speed Geek session. In these sessions, people give… Read More »Ten democracy projects in seventy minutes
Welcome, Zimscoop!
One of the brave activists I was privleged to meet when I visited Harare a few months ago was Frank Chikowore, an independent journalist who’d… Read More »Welcome, Zimscoop!
Introducing MAPLight to the Berkman/Sunlight conference
Dan Newman, the executive director of MAPLight, shows off some of the work he’s done, linking voting and funding information in California. MAPLight brings together… Read More »Introducing MAPLight to the Berkman/Sunlight conference
Local online organizing at the Sunlight Foundation meeting
I’m spending a cold, rainy Martin Luther King’s day at Harvard Law School with a room full of geeks and political activists. It’s a day-long… Read More »Local online organizing at the Sunlight Foundation meeting
links for 2007-01-15
Econbrowser: The distribution of world income Fascinating map of GDP per square kilometer. Would be very interesting to see the most valuable real estate in… Read More »links for 2007-01-15