After thousands of years of agriculture taking place on China’s Loess Plateau, forests were turned into a dry zone and due to the loss of trees fine yellow soil was left vulnerable to erosion.  The erosions filled the rivers with silt and all the flooding resulted in major environmental damage. However, sixteen years ago, the [...]

Since 2006 food insecurity in America has become a major concern and the food stamp program has more than tripled. The poverty rate has risen over the past three years, with an estimated 50 million people living below the official poverty line. Hunger in America 2010 exposes the tragic reality of just how many people [...]

Massacre River Bridge is one of the busiest checkpoints that borders with Dajabon, Dominican Republic and Ouanaminthe, Haiti, but it is also the perfect cover for trafficking of young Haitian children into the Dominican Republic. While thousands of sellers and buyers pour into the Dajabon market it takes less than five minutes for smugglers to [...]

The swiftest, way to reduce the electricity worldwide is simply to change light bulbs. Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) are the first advance in this field. If we were to replace old-fashioned bulbs with CFLs it would be able to reduce electricity use by three fourths, which could cut electricity bills by roughly $30. CFLs can [...]

The U.S. consumes 25% of the world’s oil supplies. The breakneck pace of exploration and extraction activity worldwide is a direct outcome of that consumption. The Nigerian oil spills, the deaths, the suffering, and the long term pollution are an outcome of the voracious consumption of oil led by the oil dependent G-20 nations. New [...]

The Gaza population is about 1.5 million, and most of these are impoverished. About 50% of the male population is without work. On 12/27/08 “Operation Cast Lead” was unleashed. This was a massive bombardment that killed 220 adults and children in the first 15 minutes. After this a massive invasion followed; which killed 1400 humans, [...]

The Venezuelan National Assembly passed a law granting social equality to all community members in University administrative processes. The new University Education Law will replace the current University Council process where higher ranked authorities are granted with heavier weighing votes. Instead, students, professors, administrators, workers and community members will elect university councils for budgeting and administration concerning the universities. In addition, students will [...]

In Calgary Canada the average price for renting an apartment has been on the rise.  The cost of a two bedroom apartment has gone from $595 on average in 1996 to $1089 in 2007.  A poll conducted in 2008 showed that half of those sleeping on Calgary streets were employed including 200 working families.  Some [...]

The communities from the Bay of Jiquilisco are suffering from diseases that are being caused by industrial companies. The soil has been contaminated by the use of toxic herbicides and fertilizers. The burning of the sugar cane fields contaminates the air and is creating respiratory illnesses among the children in the community. Dr. Anny Argeta [...]

Republicans in the U.S. House of representatives are trying to eliminate all federal funding from Planned Parenthood. The issue will go before the Senate by the beginning of March. Republicans accused the organization of providing abortion services with Title X funding, which is not true because such centers have been providing evidence that such funding [...]