Katsunobu Sakurai, the mayor of a devastated town in Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture that felt all but forgotten, sent out a digital appeal for aid last month with little hope he would be heard. Turns out the world was listening.
Here’s how you can help out without going AFK.
U.S. politicians aren’t the only ones who suffer from foot-in mouth disease. As it turns out democracy affords elected officials from all over the world the right to have embarassing gaffes.
If current weather models hold, a tropical storm (or quite possible a hurricane) could be crossing the ravaged Haitian landscape by late Friday night. The U.S. government advises outsiders to stay away.
