More than a year since the great investigative reporter Anna Lenzer published her article on the story behind Fiji water (also appearing as a guest on this podcast), the company announced this week it is closing its operation in Fiji. After a long relationship with the ruling military junta,...
It has been some time since I mentioned the quiet yet highly dangerous global agreement on copyright that is being drafted and adopted with little public consultation, knowledge or understanding. Where once I had hoped out of all the global players sitting behind closed doors, that the European Union...
It was a political campaign and a presidential election upon which not only the future of a nation rested but also the inspiration and example for much of the continent. Packed with emotion, with great highs and great lows, throughout the Ghanaian presidential election of 2008, Jarreth Merz was...
In the quest to learn more about Western Sahara and how people in that region are living, I have begun reading through human rights reports from refugee camps. Specifically the camps in Tindouf Province, Algeria, where Human Rights Watch did extensive interviewing and research into the living conditions for...
Gerald Mendes was born in Canada and raised with the story of his grandfather Aristides de Sousa Mendes. As he grew up he came to learn not only about the history of his family, but also about those that the actions of his grandfather during WWII helped to save....
