3Nov/092
Links of the Day, November 3
News
- It's Election Day 2009, with a number of races of note going on, including in Virginia, New Jersey, and New York.
- James Dobson steps down from Focus on the Family.
Politics
- While Republicans are focused on stopping the Democrats' larger legislative plans--health-care reform, finance reform, climate change--the latter are pushing through a lot of smaller changes largely unopposed.
Human trafficking
- Governor Carcieri of Rhode Island signs a major anti-trafficking bill into law.
Green
- NPR looks at climate change--how it's affected us so far, and how it will continue to affect us.
Miscellaneous
- From the geniuses at xkcd.com, movie narrative charts.
- Joss Whedon bids on the Terminator franchise.
11Sep/090
Links of the Day, September 11
Remembering 2001 (image from HuffPost):
News
- Grim news on poverty in the United States.
- Some good news on child mortality rates.
- Obama will address finance reform on Monday.
Human trafficking
- A U.N. report says that human trafficking is likely to rise in the wake of the economic decline.
Green