Kiva.org - Kiva lets you connect with and loan money to unique small businesses in the developing world.

Loan amounts per project seem to be around $500 each, but each lender can loan as little as $25.

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Border Film Project

We are distributing hundreds of disposable cameras to two groups on different sides of the U.S.-Mexico border: undocumented migrants crossing the Arizona desert and Minuteman volunteers trying to stop them.

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The two terms of academic-turned-mayor Antanas Mockus in Bogota, Columbia

Mockus used many unconventional methods of curbing violence, irresponsible public behavior and corruption in the city while achieving some very real improvements in quality of city services and the quality of life. He used mimes to discourage jaywalking!

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Many color photos from World War II

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Very interesting article in The American Conservative on The Logic of Suicide Terrorism.

University of Chicago Prof compiled the first complete dataset of suicide bombings and did a study to determine the bombers motivations. Turns out the majority of bombers act to repel an occupying power - exactly what we have become with the invasion of

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