As work plays out in their native countries, Latin Americans move on to Europe, Canada, the Middle East, and neighboring countries that offer a better economic climate than the one they’re leaving. Some are also fleeing armed conflicts, environmental degradation or the effects of natural disasters. Women can be escaping domestic violence, sexual abuse, or […]
Economy Tanking? Bush Says Cut Job Funds, Worker Programs
By Mike Hall, Mar 13, 2008 The Bush-Cheney administration’s first seven budgets have left a legacy of abuse and neglect when it comes to vital working families issues, key workplace initiatives and the important programs that make up the social and economic safety net. And the final Bush-Cheney budget proposal is no different, says AFL-CIO […]
February 4, 2008 – Torture Abolition Day
February 4th – Torture Abolition Day You Can Stop Harming Other Beings I’m organizing an environmental film festival and one of the films submitted was Earthlings. The premise of Earthlings is that we are all united as we are all earthlings. Every living being on the Earth is included and we are all in it […]
Gaza’s Falling Wall Changes Middle East Map for Ever
They came and went in lorries and gas tankers, in flatbed trucks loaded with cattle and sheep, in coaches and mini-buses, loaded by the dozen in the backs of trucks, all shuttling across Gaza’s southern border. Four days ago they went on foot like refugees, but yesterday for the first time the trucks drove through […]
Treasonable Sex! You slept with my wife
First son of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Gbenga, has sensationally accused him and his father-in-law, Otunba Alex Onabanjo, of sleeping with his wife, Mojisola. Gbenga, presently asking Lagos High Court to dissolve the seven-year-old marriage, doubts the paternity of the fruits of the wedlock. The shocking revelation is contained in a fresh affidavit deposited to […]
Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess
The Love Goddess Margarita Carmen Cansino, a girl known to the world as Rita Hayworth, was one of the most glamorous actresses in cinema history. But… she was much more than a beautiful face. Circle touches the various touched and untouched facets of the life of this Hollywood Diva… Rita Hayworth was a much better […]