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I got this in my inbox this morning from Avaaz.org (My comments are in RED BOLD).
For those of you new to the blog or who do not know me personally, I worked at Avaaz for 1 year during its initial start-up phase. I’m now at Human Rights Watch, working with their China team [...]

I’m going back to school!
I have been accepted into the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University (NYU). I will be starting the two-year Masters of Professional Studies (MPS) program in September 2008. According to their website, ITP is:
A graduate department dedicated to creativity and [...]

The following letter ended up in my inbox today from Huang Jinming of the Central Committee of the Social Democratic Party of China. Their website is under construction and there wasn’t much I could find out about them online. However, their letter lays out some principled, well-reasoned arguments, so I thought it [...]

Human Rights Watch Asia Advocacy Director Sophie Richardson on The Newshour.
Human Rights Watch Media Director Minky Worden on Democracy Now!
The Olympic Torch Relay dates back to the Nazi Olympics in 1936.
Minky Worden:
There is a wonderful new academic book called Nazi Games, which gives a concise history of this. The torch relay itself is essentially [...]

After months of delay, my sofa bed has finally arrived. I am almost done furnishing my apartment. My housewarming party is LONG OVERDUE, but stay tuned, I will be throwing one very soon.

Spring has (sort of) arrived as well. Here are some photos Kris and I took of early spring in Lower [...]