Links of the Day, August 28

Where the Wild Things cupcakes = priceless. News It’s wildfire season in the Southland. California puts on a garage sale to try and bulk up its financial situation. Human trafficking UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) releases a new anti-human trafficking manual. Health care 40 Days for Health Care Reform. Miscellaneous Former Ku Klux …

Links of the Day, August 20

News The Lockerbie bomber is freed on compassionate grounds to return to Libya. Human trafficking An international sex trafficking ring is broken up in Los Angeles. Health care Another article taking apart the lies on health care reform. Check out the President’s faith-based call-in with Faith for Health and Sojourners. Robert Reich advocates a march …

Links of the Day, August 12

News Newlywed charity workers and human rights activists are killed in latest Chechen violence. Human trafficking The World Evangelical Alliance commits to combating human trafficking. Visit "At the End of Slavery." Slavery in Bangladesh. Health care Jonathan Alter likes the status quo. And I agree with him. (Note: in case you don’t get it, the …

Van Jones @ M2EP

Van Jones, the Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), addresses the Monday morning plenary session at Sojourners’ Mobilization to End Poverty 2009 (April 26-29). I love this guy.