by Brendan Brink-Halloran Guatemala has for two years implemented an equivalent of the US Freedom of Information Act. But observers greeted the passing of this law with caution. The Guatemalan state is not well known for its commitment to transparency; while Guatemala jumped up from 3.1 to 3.4 in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index (0…
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by Natalie Heffernan Many historical anniversaries have passed in the last month: the dropping of the bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the end of World War II, Martin Luther King’s “I have a Dream” speech, Hurricane Katrina — and many more not named here. We’ve even seen the withdrawal of combat troops from Iraq after…
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by Zach Woods As demonstrated by the response to the Haiti earthquake in January 2010, charitable organizations have benefited immensely from the rise of social networking and the ever-increasing connectedness of Web users. Charities now have more means of finding and interacting with potential supporters than ever — and this is a good thing, certainly,…
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