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Human trafficking

Joycelyne Fadojutimi — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:58:01 +0000

It’s her eyes and innocent face that first grab your heart. At least they grabbed mine. Annika, a delicate young girl, has been unwittingly handed into virtual slavery by her homeless father. Sweatshop labor and sex-for-sale portend a bleak future. She seems precious, blameless, so undeserving of this hell. But life is cheap for an …

Honoring our Greatest Generation

Joycelyne Fadojutimi — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:31:51 +0000

Bob Bearden, U.S. Army 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment Recently in Houston, the French Government presented the French Legion of Honor Medal to World War II veterans who served in France during the war. Among the group of honorees were 15 Texas veterans. The medal, France’s highest distinction, was originally established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802 …

Murdoch’s UK scandal warns the US media

admin — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:26:59 +0000

By Behrouz Saba The News of the World, to most people outside the United Kingdom, is an unknown commodity. Some may have heard of it as a “British tabloid” to be dismissed along with its gossip-mongering counterparts. Yet the Sunday weekly, which is slated to have its last press run this weekend, was first published …

The New Africa

admin — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:23:03 +0000

By Lauri Elliott With the U.S. Federal Reserve and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) echoing the same news that the U.S. economy has weakened and that unemployment will remain high for a while, many are wondering where to turn. Lauri Elliott, CEO of Conceptualee, Inc. based in Charlotte, North Carolina and author of Redefining Business …

U.S. foreign policy favors tyrannical dictators

Joycelyne Fadojutimi — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:35:33 +0000

Dr. Cialis Online Harold Pease Why is it that both Republican and Democrat administrations always favor tyrannical non-democratic regimes in times of revolution? Time and time again whether in Iran in 1979, under Jimmy Carter, Tiananmen Square in China under George Bush, Iran again less then two years ago, under Barack Obama, or now in …

Be Glad You're Not Yemeni

Joycelyne Fadojutimi — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:30:34 +0000

By William A. Collins World-class buildings Aren't enough To bring a nation Up to snuff. Yemen is finally being thrust upon American consciousness. Little good can come of that. Until now, the Yemenis had been allowed to suffer in private desperation. That's over. Their worst liability is a sinking water table, which is compounded by …