The donations being made to Global Giving on behalf of Myanmar are reaching people. Here is an update, posted today: IDE Myanmar has operations in practically all of the cyclone-affected areas in the Irrawaddy Delta, and is hence positioned well to provi...

CYCLONE NARGIS....Wingers sure are weird. The Wonk Room documents how one of Brent Bozell's media watchdog groups spliced together an NPR interview with Al Gore to make it sound like he was blaming the recent devastating cyclone in Burma on...

Unite for Human Rights “Blogs get people excited. Or else they disturb and worry them. Some people distrust them. Others see them as the vanguard of a new information revolution. Because they allow and encourage ordinary people to speak up, they’r...

Watched the news earlier today and found out that a cyclone hit Myanmar .... many are said to be dead (as of now it's reported to be 22,000!!) ... some international agencies are having difficulties sending help ... water and food possibly a problem.T...

UNICEF is undertaking urgent preliminary assessments of the devastation caused by Cyclone Nargis, which struck southeast Myanmar on Saturday, killing thousands and injuring tens of thousands.UNICEF has dispatched five assessment teams to three of the affe...

UNICEF is undertaking urgent preliminary assessments of the devastation caused by Cyclone Nargis, which struck southeast Myanmar on Saturday, killing thousands and injuring tens of thousands.UNICEF has dispatched five assessment teams to three of the affe...