February 2012
22 posts
6 tags
3 tags
The State Department’s Techie Exchange Program For... →
journalofajournalist:
GEEK EXCHANGE!!! This amazing program I wrote about for FastCo.Exist will bring 25 lucky teenage girls from Middle Eastern states with an interest in programming and robotics for a 1-month crash course in Silicon Valley… all for free.
3 tags
3 tags
2 tags
5 tags
5 tags
2 tags
america-abroad-media:
UN warns that one third of North Korean children under the age of five are chronically malnourished
“Experts say North Korea’s hunger crisis has its roots in years of farm mismanagement as well as slumping aid and trade amid the fallout of Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs. Fears that aid could be diverted to feed North Korea’s million-strong army have also made...
4 tags
January 2012
80 posts
5 tags
2 tags
4 tags
3 tags
3 tags
3 tags
3 tags
6 tags
3 tags
5 tags
5 tags
3 tags
4 tags
This American Life's 'Mr. Daisey and the Apple...
Last week, Apple released for the first time the list of companies that supply components and manufacturing services to the company. It also announced that it would allow the Fair Labor Association to oversee independent audits of assembly plants employed by Apple.
A week before this news, This American Life aired “Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory,” which followed lifelong Apple...
3 tags
6 tags
2 tags
5 tags
3 tags