Links of the Day, August 10

News Typhoons Morakat and Etau hit east Asia hard. Here’s the BBC’s coverage. Human trafficking A tour guide in Malaysia is charged with trafficking. Trafficking in Taiwan. Watch the International Justice Mission documentary "At the End of Slavery" online tomorrow 1pm (I think it’s PST). Health care The New York Times offers a primer on …

Links of the Day, August 8

News Eunice Kennedy Shriver, 88, sister of former President JFK and Senator Ted Kennedy, D-Mass, is in critical condition at a Massachusetts hospital. It’s Justice Sotomayor now. Human trafficking Sex trafficking ring busted in New Jersey. Combating human trafficking in Austin, TX. Green Electric car company Tesla is now profitable! Politics Florida Senator Mel Martinez …

Links of the Day, August 7

Starting with an oldie but a goodie … Star Wars as retold by a person who’s never actually seen it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb2GmBkkaTU&hl=en&fs=1& News Sonia Sotomayor was confirmed as the next US Supreme Court Justice by the Senate by a count of 68-31. Here’s President Obama’s response. Bill O’Reilly sings Obama’s praises … seriously. Jobless claims are …

Links of the Day, August 6

News Stimulus spending is patchy. Britain mourns its last surviving World War I veteran, Harry Patch, who died aged 111. Rupert Murdoch says the age of free news is ending. Human trafficking New book "The Snakehead," by Patrick Raddan Keefe, delves into human trafficking in New York’s Chinatown. Excerpted on NPR here. The Rio Grande …