The U.S. Office of Minority Health states that in 2009, Latinos and African Americans were respectively 1.2 and 1.5 times as likely to be obese as whites, with the racial disparities even more pronounced among children. A contributor factors to this might be that fast food restaurants are universally more prevalent in poor and minority [...]
Chinese media reported Feb. 26 2012 that ongoing drought in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang has damaged farmland. In recent years, China has worked to convert the province into a major agricultural area and give it a key role in the country’s food security. However, population growth, rapid urbanization and environmental degradation will continue to [...]
American intervention in Afghanistan has come to a crossroads; one path leads to “further nation-building”, and the other is a path for the soldiers to make their way back home. Many will agree that we have served our duty in the Middle East, and have carried out our nation’s military mission to curb the [...]
“For more than a century black men and women traveling through predominantly white neighborhoods have been questioned for no reason – simply because police officers felt they didn‘t belong there,” the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) wrote in an open letter to members of the U.S. Senate. The ACLU’s letter urges the Senate to pass [...]
On November 22, after four hours of deliberation the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission (KLWCC) gave a unanimous guilty verdict that found Tony Blair and George W Bush guilty of crimes against peace, crimes against humanity, and genocide in relation to their roles in the invasion of Iraq. The KLWCC was a tribunal in Malaysia [...]
Recently many states have been putting into law required drug tests to receive certain financial aids. In this past year alone, at least 30 state legislators have considered bills that would require people to pass a drug test to become eligible to receive welfare benefits. Some states have even discussed going further and extending this [...]
The 99 Percent Movement was born out of the fact that the country has grown incredibly unequal and millions of Americans are struggling to get by. The richest 1 percent of the country now owns more than 40 percent of the wealth and takes home nearly a quarter of national income. The American [...]
Mike Konczal’s article charts jobs and income growth of top one percent earners and the causes of changing income inequality. With evidence from tax returns the data shown in the article depicts that the top occupations are non-financial executives first, then financial professionals, followed by lawyers, real estate and medical professions. Konczal’s article says that [...]
On October 25, 2011 according to a joint assessment released by the United Nations and the organization of American States named Mexico as the fifth most dangerous country in the world of journalism. Mexico is one of several danger zones where the powerful attempt to silence journalists like Maria Elizabeth Macias, who are doing their [...]
October 14th, President Barack Obama announced he was sending United States Special Forces troops to Uganda to join the civil war there. Within the next few months, US combat troops will be sent to South Sudan, Congo and Central African Republic to only “engage” for “self-defence.” Like all America’s subsequent invasions, a trail of blood [...]
