Kathmandu May 22, 2011: It has been reported that the official website of Nepal Government (http://www.nepalgov.gov.np/) has been hacked by anonymous group #OpEverest using the Denial of Service attack. The group has further threatened the government through a press release saying if the government is not responsible towards the country and general public further attacks […]
How do young people experience migration?
Children like to ask questions. Across physical, cultural, and political borders, learning happens when they can indulge their curiosity. When I began working with San Francisco public school students in their kindergarten year, I stepped into an environment defined by upheaval. They were living personal stories of foster homes and adoptions, of immigration and […]
Obama’s Back To School Fireside Chat: FDR Reincarnate?
To Any And All Conserve-ative Constitutionalists: Posted today on many media sites due to the highly controversial intent of Barack Obama to initiate what can only be called a FDR "fireside chat" with America’s youth through a televised "back to school" speech throughout the nation, my initial reaction to it as a 60’s era Conserve-ative […]
College Freshman: “I am getting deported on Wednesday”
Herta Llusho is a 19-year old student at risk of being deported from the United States to Albania on Wednesday, August 19. Bloggers at DreamActivist.org and other immigrant rights blogs are calling on Americans to help delay her deportation until new legislation is enacted that would enable her to stay. And they have listed numerous […]
Twitter and Citizen Journalism: Perfect Together — Twittering the Sawmill Bar and Grill Fire
As discussed in the first post on my blog, Twitter is one of my favorite social networking sites, because it is a simple, yet extremely robust, platform for information exchange, learning, collaboration, and, at times, mundane conversation–all in real-time. Being a social networking site, you create all of your content (aka "tweets"), up to 140 […]
Hyejin Kim: A Praised Young Novelist Among GVO Authors
Global Voices celebrates, this month, Hyejin Kim‘s first anniversary as the GVO Korean Language editor. Settled now in Singapore after living in Korea, China, the United States and gaining her Rutgers University Ph. D. in Global Affairs, she works as a development adviser for the Singapore Korean School and as a technical interpreter facilitating exchange between Korean […]