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We are thrilled to announce that OurBombs.com has been selected as a finalist at the SXSW Web Awards in the activism category. Winners will be announced during the awards ceremony on March 14th. We can vote vote for us on the People's Choice Awards...
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We are planning to make a few changes to the presentation of the Air Strike Tracker, and we wanted to allow friends of the project to weigh in on the discussion. Our initial approach was to only include air strikes that affected civilians. "Affected" typically means that civilians were killed or injured by a strike, but a small number of incidents were ad...
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NPR's On The Media did an interesting piece on the use of aerial firefighting and the California wildfires. It turns out that the TV-friendly fire planes are sometimes deployed for the sake of public perceptions and political forces, not because they are the best use of resources. ...
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The Our Bombs website is about to kick into a new gear. We are pleased to announce two new team members. On the website front, Daniel Liebowitz is the new strike tracker researcher. He is already working to bring the database up to date, and he will be contributing regularly to the blog. Sarah Weiner, who did an amazing job populating the strike tracker...
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Although air support missions are flown virtually every day in Afghanistan, it is unusual for a single airstrike to generate so much media coverage and public discourse. The May 4th incident in Farah province does deserve special attention due to the sheer number of civilian deaths reported (up to 143 civilians) and the significant political fallout that came as...
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War is dirty business, and the battlefield does not necessarily favor the most virtuous or well behaved party. Humanitarian activists argue that protecting civilians caught in today's conflicts is not only the right thing to do, but ultimately a winning strategy. But doesn't that sound a bit too convenient? Manufacturing a win-win situation - in this case by do...
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