by James Hathaway | Feb 22, 2013 | Hathaway Communications, Legacies of War
Caught in the crossfire of the Vietnam War for nearly a decade, millions of tons of U.S. bombs rained down on the Southeast Asian countryside of Laos. The North Vietnamese had been illegally crossing into the country as part of the famed Ho Chi Minh Trail supply...
by James Hathaway | Feb 18, 2013 | Hathaway Communications
In addition to being the only country in the world to have reportedly deployed landmines in 2012, the Syrian government has also been using cluster munitions on rebels and civilian populations in its brutal effort to end the civil war there. The use of cluster bombs...
by James Hathaway | Jan 22, 2013 | BOMA Project, Hathaway Communications
The BOMA Project, a Vermont-based nonprofit that helps poor women start small, sustainable businesses in their rural villages in Northern Kenya, is marking an important milestone as its signature program enters its fifth year of improving lives for generations to come...
by James Hathaway | Jan 14, 2013 | BOMA Project, Hathaway Communications
I am really excited to make this announcement! I have long known of the good work of the BOMA Project, a remarkably effective, Vermont-based organization working in Northern Kenya. Working with some of the world's poorest people to start and maintain their own...
by James Hathaway | Jan 4, 2013 | Hathaway Communications
[I have updated this post with content from the comments. The inventors have since reached their goal and will be shooting a documentary with the funding.] There is an old joke that goes "Why is divorce so expensive? Because it's worth it." The same thing goes for...
by James Hathaway | Dec 12, 2012 | Hathaway Communications, Polus Center for Social and Economic Development
This morning the Obama administration recognized the Syrian opposition as "the legitimate representative" of its Syrian people. A swift end to the crisis in Syria could not come soon enough for Jordan. Currently, according to the UN, there are 144,226 registered (or...