Politics
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More on Haiti Part 4
Thanks to everyone who’s been sending in links. Keep them coming to poetry@therumpus.net. So where exactly did Pat Robertson get his “deal with the devil” story from? Thomas Rogers brings the information. Ferentz LaFargue, writing for American City, has some…
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More on Haiti Part 3
Any tips or suggestions should be sent to Brian at poetry@therumpus.net. James Ridgeway at Mother Jones notes that most of the country only seems to hear about Haiti when there’s a disaster of some kind. There’s a rumor on Twitter…
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More on Haiti, Part 2
I’ll be doing this until further notice. Any tips or suggestions should be sent to Brian at poetry@therumpus.net. A couple more suggestions for places to donate: The Hunger Site, Partners in Health, and UNICEF. If you’re in south Florida and…
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What Smart People Are Saying About Google.cn
As we mentioned earlier, Google is rethinking its operations in China after human rights activists’ email accounts were hacked. So what does it all mean? “As direct a challenge to the Chinese authorities as I have ever seen in a…
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More on Haiti
President Obama’s statement on Haiti. UN First Responders HQ was among the buildings destroyed. More from UN Dispatch. Images from the NY Times. An update from Médecins sans Frontiéres. Many of their buildings were damaged, so they’re treating people in…
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A Wall too Great?
“We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn, and so over the next few weeks we will be discussing with the Chinese government the basis on which we could operate an unfiltered search…
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Haiti–Ways to Help
I can’t begin to tell you how bad the destruction is in Haiti after the massive earthquake yesterday. Reports right now are that the death toll is expected to be in the thousands and that bodies are being piled in…
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My Imaginary Interview with Elaine Showalter
In March of 2009, I wrote to Elaine Showalter on behalf of The Rumpus, saying she inspired me as a writer, editor, and feminist. She agreed to an interview, the focus of which would be her latest book, A Jury…
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Conversations About the Internet #5: Anonymous Facebook Employee
Facebook employees, after all, know better than most the value of privacy.
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I Love Your Lies
Back in 1999, when I was a freshman in college, a friend of mine told me about a new movie he’d just downloaded on his computer that featured a bunch of students, armed with video cameras, who’d been hunted down…
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Politics Sunday
It’s Sunday, so as always, the Rumpus has links to political stories that aim to do more than make you angry at people you already disagree with. At Guernica, “Where do architectural wonders, coat hanger abortions, virtual slave labor, and…
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Life Stories Roundup, This Week 1/1–1/8
A roundup of profiles and life stories from around the web.: