Red Cross

Red Cross Relief Fund Bankrupt: 'The Balance Is Zero'

Washington Post | Philip Rucker | Posted 06.17.2008 | Home

Read More: Red Cross Fund Bankrupt, Red Cross Fund, Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund, Red Cross Loans, Red Cross Fund Depleted, Red Cross, Home News

The American Red Cross said yesterday that it has depleted its national disaster relief fund and is taking out loans to pay for shelters, food and oth...

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Red Cross: Up to 128,000 may have died in Myanmar

AP | Posted 05.14.2008 | Home

Read More: Myanmar, Myanmar Death Toll, Red Cross, Myanmar Cyclone, Home News

YANGON, Myanmar — The Red Cross estimated Wednesday that the cyclone death toll in Myanmar could be as high as 128,000 _ a much larger figure th...

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Let Zimbabwe's Election Runoff Begin!

Michealene Cristini Risley | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Zimbabwe Elections, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe, Global Unity, Exile, Global Pressure, United Nations, Red Cross, Treasury, United States, African Leaders, Rigged Elections, Asylum, Politics News
Michealene Cristini Risley

If Mugabe is truly going to fall, there needs to be quick and prolonged action.

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Red Cross Slams "Critical" Situation In Post-Invasion Iraq

AFP | Posted 03.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, Iraq Casualties, Red Cross, Red Cross Iraq, Iraq War, War in Iraq, Politics News

The humanitarian situation in post-war Iraq five years after the US-led invasion is one of the most critical in the world, the International Committee...

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Guns Beat Green: The Market Has Spoken

Naomi Klein | Posted 11.30.2007 | Politics

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Venture Business Research, Red Cross, Marsh and McLennan, 9/11, UN Climate, Gun Control, Oxfam, Kyoto, Politics News
Naomi Klein

Bush wants to leave our climate crisis to the ingenuity of the market. Well, the market has spoken: it will not take us off this disastrous course. In fact, the smart money is betting that we will stay on it.

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A Feel-Good Thanksgiving

Cheryl Saban | Posted 11.21.2007 | Living

Read More: Helping the Homeless, Thanksgiving, Giving Back to the Community, Thanksgiving Charity, Charity, Red Cross, Ways to Help on Thanksgiving, Living News
Cheryl Saban

I roasted and sent ten turkeys to the Red Cross yesterday, and they reported that the recipients thoroughly enjoyed their thanksgiving meals. Nothing could have made me happier.

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How Best To Help Victims of the California Wildfires: More of the Same or ???

Richard Walden | Posted 10.30.2007 | Politics

Read More: Tsunami, California Wildfires, Disaster Relief, Disaster Relief Organizations, Red Cross, 9/11, Crisis Relief, American Red Cross, Hurricane Katrina, Salvation Army, Politics News
Richard Walden

We'd all be better served by directing contributions to local nonprofits that could meet a far wider set of recovery needs than what the Red Cross and Salvation Army are charged with doing.

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Fire Evacuees Find Wellness Volunteers Eager To Help

Huffington Post | Patrick Waldo | Posted 10.24.2007 | Living

Read More: Volunteerism, Red Cross, San Diego Wildfires, Wellness, Living News

Evacuees from the fires in California are getting some unconventional assistance. It may well be that "only in California" would you see people offeri...

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Disaster Baiting, or, Why Katrina Evacuees Love LA

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 10.24.2007 | Living

Read More: New Orleans, Southern California Fires, Red Cross, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Larry David, Salvation Army, Living News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

Cable news is also showing split screens comparing Gulf Coast evacuees to the current ones -- like we're going to get into a big fight over who had a harder time being homeless.

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