Aug 08 2008
Living a Path to Freedom
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The recent spike in oil and food prices, and extreme weather conditions due to climate change have led many Americans to consider changing their eating and shopping habits and even their lifestyles. In Pasadena, the Dervaes family has transformed their residential lot into an urban homestead on which they generate more than …
The recent spike in oil and food prices, and extreme weather conditions due to climate change have led many Americans to consider changing their eating and shopping habits and even their lifestyles. In Pasadena, the Dervaes family has transformed their residential lot into an urban homestead on which they generate more than …
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The money in this year’s Beijing Olympics Games is unprecedented. At a tally of $43 billion dollars, the games are fifty percent more expensive than the previous five Olympics’ bills added together, according to the Wall Street Journal. In fact, “never in the history of sports has so much money been spent in …
This November, Californians will consider a proposition calling for an increase in penalties and spending for prison and policing policies. Proposition 6, or the Runner Initiative as it is also known, would increase investment in police, probation and prisons by one billion dollars in its first year, and half a billion for each …
It was only a matter of time before race became an overt issue in this year’s presidential election. That time has finally come, and the fallout is already hitting the fan. The presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee Barack Obama in July predicted that his rival would attempt to scare Americans [saying “he’s not patriotic …
The state of Texas executed Jose Medellin last night despite an order to halt from the International Court of Justice. Last month, the ICJ or the World Court, called on the U.S. government to “take all measures necessary,” in stopping the execution of Medellin and other Mexican nationals on death row in Texas. Convicted …
In just two days, the 2008 Beijing Olympics will begin, symbolized by the lighting of the Olympic Flame. International media have brought China under unprecedented scrutiny this year, most notably with the Tibetan uprising and the Sichuan earthquake. With this coverage now peaking, many questions have been raised about the Chinese government’s control …
LA City Councilman Jose Huizar addressed Boyle Heights residents last week in a town hall meeting that ended in protest. During the meeting held at the Puente Learning Center, Huizar outlined private and public development plans for the city’s future. One of twenty-six such development projects set to take place in the next …
