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Africa: Faces in Words

New weekly update on the breaking stories in the African nations.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Unseen, unheard; no one should be the bearer of these two words. Unfortunately, Africa is often in the forefront of this association.

Our common humanity should change this; we should never look away because it is too distant. Our commitment to one another, to human rights, and the ability to learn should always keep us connected no matter the severity and complexity of problems.

Obama Silicon Valley Visit Neglects Suffering Communities

Communities Hit Hardest by Budget Cuts, Foreclosure Crisis Not on Itinerary.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - President Obama is making a mistake if his visit to the Bay Area ignores the California communities suffering most from the recession.

Policy experts at The Greenlining Institute said today, “It’s disturbing that the president’s visit seems to be devoted only to schmoozing wealthy tech moguls while ignoring the communities that are suffering most.”

Africa: Faces in Words

New weekly update on the breaking stories in the African nations.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Unseen, unheard; no one should be the bearer of these two words. Unfortunately, Africa is often in the forefront of this association.

Our common humanity should change this; we should never look away because it is too distant. Our commitment to one another, to human rights, and the ability to learn should always keep us connected no matter the severity and complexity of problems.

Homeownership Rate Drops to Lowest Since 1998
Black, Latino Rates Drop Faster Than Whites`

“We’re seeing a dangerous trend that’s neatly summarized by these two reports” - Preeti Vissa, Greenlining Institute.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - According to U.S. Census data released this week, homeownership rates have dropped to their lowest level since 1998.

Homeownership rates for Hispanics, African Americans and Native Americans have dropped more severely than for whites (2010 data for Asian Americans have not yet been reported).

Oregon`s Cash Assistance Program Helps Far Fewer Needy Families Than 15 Years Ago

Tomorrow's release of Governor Kitzhaber's budget may bring more bad news for TANF. OCPP said they expect that the Governor will call for deep cuts to the program.

(SILVERTON) - Governor John Kitzhaber's release of a budget proposal may call for deep cuts to the state's largest cash assistance and job training program for destitute families with children.

A national think tank reports that as a result of welfare reform 15 years ago, Oregon is helping far fewer poor families than it once did.

New Agricultural Agreement in Argentina: A Land Grabber`s `Instruction Manual`

The "instruction manual" contains a set of clauses entrenching a business model that maximises the company's profits and leaves it free of liability.

(BUENOS AIRES ) - What are the implications when one of China's most powerful agribusiness firms starts acquiring thousands of hectares of land in the Province of Rio Negro, Argentina for the production of soyabeans, wheat, and oilseed rape to ship back to China?

JP Morgan Chase Overcharged Combat Troops for Mortgages

“No finer group than those who fight to protect our country everyday,”
You honor and reward them by maliciously taking their homes away?

(CLEVELAND) - Isn't enough that they served their nation under the most hostile circumstances ever imagined?

Sometimes it seems like the Veterans of this nation are nothing but some kind of non-human tool and I have news for you, they aren't.

La-La Land Revisited

Isn’t it time we all wake-up to the BIG lie. It isn’t about American honor, it isn’t about keeping our country strong?

(HARRISVILLE, N.H.) - I am 64 years old and up until 5 years ago, I never bought or owned a car that was not American made. Then, not quite 5 years ago, I changed.

Here is why: I listened to the story from American manufacturers to “buy American and keep our country strong”.

Arabs, Oh Arabs, Revolt Against America`s Tyrants

“The greatest jihad is to speak the word of truth to a tyrant” –Islam’s Beloved Prophet Muhammad

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - One down, twenty one to go. The young man who burned himself alive in Tunis, Mohamed Bouazizi, was a university graduate prevented by police from selling fruit and vegetables to make a living.

He committed suicide to protest the loss of his humanity under Ben Ali’s tyrannical rule.

US Policy of Supporting Dictators and Punishing Democracies Continues

Far reaching results may follow the Tunisia revolt with two nations being particularly important.

(JAMESTOWN, RI) - The US government continues its policy of supporting dictators and punishing democracies.

Last week Baby Doc Duvalier returned to Haiti and the US government said nothing. For readers who might be too young to remember, he, like Papa Doc, his father who preceded him, was a cruel murdering dictator who looted his country of millions.