San Francisco named a Fair Trade city!
On World Fair Trade Day—Saturday, May 10—San Francisco was officially named a Fair Trade city. San Francisco joins over a handful of towns and cities across the nation that has been declared Fair Trade. Through the Fair Trade Towns campaign, dozens of communities are working to acquire similar status, evidencing conscious consumers’ commitment to making Fair Trade products the standard across the country. [learn more]

Medea Benjamin meets with Iraqi refugees
Read the firsthand accounts from Global Exchange and CODEPINK cofounder, Medea Benjamin’s meetings with Iraqi refugees in Syria and Jordan. Benjamin recounts: "Sister Marie-Claude Naddaf is obviously tired of talking to the stream of well-meaning foreigners who have been traipsing through Syria to learn about the plight of the over one million Iraqi refugees now living here. Humanitarian groups, religious delegations, migration experts. They write reports full of lofty recommendations. So much talk, so little action." [learn more]