Sighed and Prejudice
THE PLATFORM was crowded again, and there she was, the woman who reminded me so much of my own mother. Not in appearance, but in attitude.
Change for Peace: an Interview with Rev. Osagyefo Sekou
In a recent essay on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s advocacy for peace, titled 'Vocation of Agony: A Personal Meditation on Dr. King's Legacy,' Rev. Osagyefo Sekou elaborated a stirring call for deep moral change in America.
Winds of Change
Fragmented and divided, we are all individually searching for the freedom which allows us to be ourselves and follow our dreams. All of us who are on this planet today have different realities, different abilities and different points of view.
Book Review: Blows Against the Empire
Historian and contributing editor of Political Affairs, Gerald Horne has a new book titled Blows Against Empire, a series of nine powerful essays on contemporary crisis of U.S. imperialism as it confronts the world.
Common Bond for Uncommon Men: Roberto Clemente and Martin Luther King
As we remember the 40th anniversary of that dark day of April 4th 1968, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was gunned down in Memphis, it's worth recalling the reaction by Pittsburgh Pirates All-Star Roberto Clemente.
Corporate Mergers not Likely to Benefit Consumers
It is doubtful the merger of corporate giants enhances their creativity or benefits consumers, a distinguished authority on business regulation writes.
'New Urbanism' and Environmentally Friendly Housing
The husband-and-wife team of town planners Andrés Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk are typically credited as the founders of new urbanism, a style of community design that embraces mixed use (commercial and residential) development.
Photos: The Men Who Live in the Canyon
SAN DIEGO, CA - 31MARCH08 - Isaias, Alvino and Porfirio, three Mixtec men from Etla, a town in Oaxaca, Mexico, live in the Los Peñasquitos canyon on the north edge of San Diego.
Capitalists will be Capitalists
Opes Prime was what is known as a leverage broking firm, one based on a high level of debt. Clients of Opes could borrow against the shares they purchased — the shares would be used as security, in a somewhat similar fashion to a home loan where the home is used as security in the event that the borrower fails to make repayments.
Doctors Still Unable to Work Normally in Baghdad Suburb
BAGHDAD, 7 April 2008 (IRIN) - Despite the Iraqi premier’s order to relax security measures in two Baghdad suburbs which have seen fierce clashes since 25 March, doctors and medical staff in one of these suburbs are still unable to operate normally, according to the head of a local hospital.
