“When a country places more importance on sports than on academic achievement, its decline is inevitable…” “Until we get our collective head out of our ass and treat teachers and […]
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Hispanic college enrollment
Any increase, by any group, is important. This is especially so: Enrollment by Hispanics in U.S. colleges rose 15 percent from 2011 to 2012 even as the overall college population […]
US Majority: Openness to foreigners is ‘essential to who we are as a nation’
A new study from the Pew Rearch Center defines America as open and inclusive nation across demographics. There are people who share President Trump’s vision of an isolated and fearful […]
‘Route to Tyranny’: Human Rights Watch Lists Trump as a ‘Threat’
Totalitarianism continues to permeate my thoughts. The spectre of fascism seems far-fetched, but I each time I see historically based facets of it come to pass I wonder if this is how it begins. […]
“White Lives Matter” joins SPLC hate group list
Indicative of the current racial climate in the US, “White Lives Matter” (WLM) has been classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The group had […]
Monsanto GMO crops fuel economic and food poverty
Monsanto is developing and cultivating GMOs globally to address impending food shortages by producing crops used primarily for processed food, animal feed and fuel. Buzzword “GMOs”. Not really my comfort […]
Grand Jury Verdict “No True Bill” | part one – updated
No indictment for Ferguson Missouri officer Wilson. The officer will not go to trial. This is an important event for many, if not the nation: whether Officer Wilson should have been charged in the death of Michael Brown. I will risk posting my opinion…no. Now I have heard from lawyers about the irregularities of the grand jury…
Grand Jury Verdict “No True Bill” | part one – updated was originally published on It Matters
most common spoken languages in U.S. – after English and Spanish
I found this both interesting and culturally informative. This is a great country indeed. Today’s map comes from Ben Blatt of Slate, who used data from the Census […]
The Social Costs of “Unprecedented” Growth in US Prisons
New Report Slams “Unprecedented” Growth in US Prisons | Locked Up In America | FRONTLINE | PBS. “The U.S. now holds close to a quarter of the world’s prisoners, even […]
what about Haiti?
It has been 4 years and $billions spent on the recovery of Haiti after The Earthquake. Yet Haitians have been left languishing in tented camps, without the promised rebuilt […]