According to the U.S. Immigration Support website, “Florida is home to 2.7 million, of 17 percent, foreign-born residents.” Florida may be a melting pot for people of all sorts of nationalities but it is also a border state with an immigration problem, according to the Florida Immigrant Coalition. […]
History Lessons in Armenia and Azerbaijan
Written by Hayhuki Barseghyan, In each country, school textbooks teach one version of history that sustains animosity towards the other. Schoolchildren in Armenia and Azerbaijan are too young to remember the Nagorny Karabakh conflict which created so much hostility between their countries. But their school textbooks feed them an unbalanced view of history that some […]
Princewill: Quintessence of Service and Philanthropy
Princewill: Quintessence of Service and Philanthropy By Nwaorgu Faustinus According to Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia dictionary, Philanthropy is defined as "the love of humanity"—love in the sense of caring for, nourishing, developing, or enhancing; humanity in the sense of "what it is to be human," or "human potential." In modern practical terms, […]
Cambodia: Mass Fainting in Garment Factories
Written by Mong Palatino The Asia Floor Wage network is organizing Cambodia’s first ever People’s Tribunal [1] on Minimum Living Wage and Decent Working Conditions for garment workers. The tribunal is scheduled on February 8, 2012, in Phnom Penh: The garment industry [2] in Cambodia represents 90% of all exports. However, despite its relative economic importance, workers receive only half of […]
Brazil: Murder of Indigenous Child Provokes Reactions
Written and Translated by Raphael Tsavkko Garcia This post is part of our special coverage Indigenous Rights. The murder of an eight year old child from the Awa-Gwajá indigenous community, allegedly burnt alive [pt] by loggers in the state of Maranhão, Brazil, has caused outrage throughout the Internet, as well as disbelief by many in the face of such cruelty. The […]
Second thoughts!
wondered how some people battle and emerge victorious and some crumble at the tiniest hint of trouble? Call it Karma, Luck, Fate, Destiny…It’s all! what is in store, one will definitely receive. Like in ‘Mahabharata’ when Dhritrashtra gave Pandavas the most desolate of areas as their future kingdom yudhishtra accepted it. Fate turned […]
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