Face-off at Wall Street

Occupy Wall St. demo Sept. 17, 2011. Marchers leave Zucotti Park to attempt to enter blocked off Wall St. At 55 Wall St. they find the wealthy at play and a faceoff begins. Related Topics: The Banks Surviving on the Man in the Street Behind the Food Price Crisis! How Top Central Banks Can Bankroll European Banks Global [...]

Rwanda Wins Award for Forest Reclamation

Rwanda Wins Award for Forest Reclamation  By Hwaa Irfan   It is not often that government policies lead to sustainable development in these times at least, especially when it pertains to the environment, but this has been the case of Rwanda, an African country that has it fair share of strife. Recognized for this achievement [...]

Food Revolution: Urban Green Farming on the Rise

Food Revolution: Urban Green Farming on the Rise By Hwaa Irfan   Poverty, hunger, and homelessness has become the new reality for millions (not thousands) of Americans as an increase of 1 million children now live in poverty since 2009 (15.7 million poor children in 2010)! As a growing number of U.S. citizens realize in [...]

Morgan Freeman, and the Republican Tea Party

Morgan Freeman, and the Republican Tea Party Actor Morgan Freeman told CNN’s Piers Morgan that the Obama presidency made racism in this country worse and tea partiers are targeting Obama. Related Topics: Rigging U.S. Elections How Top Central Banks Can Bankroll European Banks Why We Left the U.S. The Ugly Face of American Islamophobia While U.S. Falls Apart [...]

The American Dream…

The American Dream   An American businessman was standing at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish. “How long did it take you to catch [...]

The Unheard Voice of Jewish-Americans on Palestinian Statehood

From Jewish Voice for Peace   Today, the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, presented a bid for the state of Palestine, based on the 1967 borders, to be considered by the Security Council for full membership in the United Nations. Shortly afterward, he addressed the General Assembly, where he reviewed, from the 1948 [...]

Are Schools Preparing Black Boys… for Prison?

Are Schools Preparing Black Boys… for Prison?* By Starla Muhammad A Chicago mother recently filed a lawsuit against the Chicago Board of Education alleging a Chicago Public School security guard handcuffed her young son while he was a student at George Washington Carver Primary School on the city’s far south side. In the lawsuit, filed [...]

Palestine: For the Love of Freedom!

Palestine: For the Love of Freedom! From Ricken, Emma, Wissam, Nicola, David and the whole Avaaz team On Wednesday night, US President Obama met with Palestinian President Abbas, and likely heavily pressured him to avoid a full vote of the United Nations assembly, a vote that Palestine would certainly win. Yesterday, the pressure seemed to [...]