Self Destruction, Stop our black boys from killing one another

Let's stop our black boys from killing each otherby George Cook Jan. 1, 2009 www.letstalkhonestly.com Back in the mid to late 80's during an unprecedented wave of black on black crime brought on by crack...

Vertical Farm Building Towers in Our Cities

An innovative project where technology races against population growth and global warming changes." The world is going to need vertical farms because conventional agriculture can’t handle what’s to come,...

Expansion of Health Clinics Shapes Bush Legacy

This is a good policy from President Bush.Such health clinics are needed.  While there are still problems in this area, at least there has been improvement. " Although the number of uninsured and the cost of...

Gleaning feeding on Fugee Fridays

It is so wonderful to see these young social activists take their vision and translate it into action. There are over 80 volunteers helping gather the food and bringing it to the African Refugees. The have also...

Us Troops to Stay in Iraqi Cities After Summer

It is clear that the US pull out from Iraq will not happen in 2009 as presidentelect Obama once promised.  It is likely some troops will still be in Iraqduring the next election and this could be an election...

A Pakistani Architect's Profile

This is a profile of my husband, published in today's paper. Mukhtar Husain: An Inspiration Unto Others by Amra Ali " Mukhtar Husain’s strong bias towards modesty is reflected in his architectural projects in...

China’S Next 30 Years: Building the World’S Biggest Cities

More and more, bigger and bigger, but these coastal cities in China will have to be built on reclaimed land and the irony will be that very little water will remain between the mainland and Hong Kong! "By D’Arcy...

Argentina's Bikinis... and Soccer Balls, Trance Band T-Spigot, Junebug's Pro...

This month on video you will see trailers and sample clips of a Junebug Presents urban tale shot in New York, starring Alfred E. Rutherford, 'Pro-Black Sheep' (www.myspace.com/problacksheep). Rock Talk Records...

The 7th Shanghai Biennale 2008 Concluded Today

I saw the 7th Shanghai Biennale (2008) just two days before it concluded today after it had opened on September 9 this year. Some of the works by Chinese artists - at the conceptual level and sometimes the scale of...

Shanghai infrastructure placed in the fast lane

I am in Shanghai these days. Seeing all the construction around, I am quite wary of the way the city is shaping up, demolishing old neighbourhoods and going highrise. This bit of news about the city's investment in...

Urban Farmers Gain from Waste Water

The global food crisis continues to fuel food price inflation and send many into hunger and despair. Around the world, solutions are being sought to the urgent need for more food and cheaper food. U.N. Secretary...

Metro eyes sky-rise farming

"Metro eyes sky-rise farmingSurrey may be home to region's first vertical greenhouseKelly Sinoski, Vancouver SunPublished: Tuesday, October 21, 2008Rooftop gardens and vertical greenhouses could be a sign of the times in Metro Vancouver as the region wrestles with...

Why Should People of Color vote Republican

By Albert N. Milliron, Editor, Politisite.com, Iron Mill Interactive Media, Inc In this election 9 out of 10 Blacks Nation wide will vote for Obama  I wonder what MLK (a Republican) would say?  Many Whites are voting for Obama but Blacks continue to Vote along race...

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