How people are fighting the World’s reliance on the war economy
By April M. Short Author Bio: April M. Short is an editor, journalist, and documentary editor and producer. She is a co-founder of the Observatory, where she is the Local Peace Economy editor, and she is a writing fellow at…
Rugby: There will be blood – looking ahead to Bloodfest 2019
From FloRugby Bloodfest 2019 welcomes a record 94 teams to Austin for its annual sevens tournament and blood drive, mixing high-level rugby with a good cause. Men’s and Women’s teams across five divisions—Premier, Open, Social, Super Social, and High School—descend…
Mendocino Complex fire is largest wildfire in California history
By Tim Stelloh From NBC More than 14,000 firefighters are now battling over a dozen major blazes across the state. A wildfire burning through Northern California became the state’s largest on record on Monday, scorching more than 283,000 acres, officials…
Hundreds missing amid California fires; loved ones go online
AP From Newsmax Friends and relatives desperately checked hospitals and shelters and pleaded on social media for help finding loved ones missing amid California’s wildfires, with hundreds of people unaccounted for Wednesday. “We’ve been to 17 evacuation centers. We’ve called…
At least 11 dead as fires rage in Northern California
By Madison Park, Jason Hanna and Ralph Ellis, From CNN Story highlights Fires pushed by strong winds burn for third day in Northern California City of Santa Rosa; Napa, Mendocino, Yuba and Sonoma counties have been affected (CNN)More than a…