22Jan2013
New Facebook App Allows Free Calls via WiFi
The Washington Post
Using software, rather than hardware, the latest update of Facebook’s Messenger app now lets U.S. users place voice calls over WiFi. The rollout follows reports of Facebook testing voice call features in Canada earlier this month.

22Jan2013
Cheap and Plush, Mexican Buses Offer a Great Alternative for Cost-Conscious Travel
Alaska Dispatch
Many of my friends in the travel business are fixated on buses. Long buses. Short buses. Articulating buses that drive up and down the Alcan Highway. I never really "got" it - until we landed in Guadalajara, Mexico, in December.

22Jan2013
John M. Ackerman: Neoliberal Handouts to Address Mexico's Poverty Won't Work
La Jornada
The new media spectacle of the "National Crusade Against Hunger" will solve absolutely nothing if it is not accompanied by an abandonment of the 'neoliberalism that excludes', which has characterized economic policy for three decades.

22Jan2013
PayPal Frozen Funds Policy: Major Changes Coming
CNNMoney
PayPal's overzealous fraud filters have frustrated customers for years, with an inscrutable verification process that leaves some battling for months to get access to their money. PayPal says it's finally ready to deal with the problem.

22Jan2013
Migrant Organizations Rally to Urge US to End Gun Trafficking Through Border
PressTV
Demonstrations took place outside the US embassy in Mexico City on Monday to urge the US to reform its loose policies on border control, which the protesters said are responsible for soaring drug-related violence.

22Jan2013
Pena Nieto Initiates Crusade Against Hunger Aimed at 7.4 Million Mexicans
Reuters
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto launched a campaign against hunger on Monday, pledging to transform the lives of nearly 7.5 million of the country's poorest, though he gave few details.

21Jan2013
As Roe v. Wade Turns 40, Most Oppose Overturning Abortion Decision
Hispanically Speaking News
As the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision approaches, the public remains opposed to completely overturning the historic ruling on abortion.

21Jan2013
As Volunteers Get to Work, Are We Missing Martin Luther King's Deeper Message?
TakePart
As volunteers descended on community centers, homeless shelters and schoolyards to pitch in for good this long weekend, the leader of a prominent civil rights group says King's message is being diluted.


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