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Daily Archives: May 14, 2008
Cuba: If change is in the air, does prosperity lie ahead?
35 percent of the National Assembly members are Black, up from 33 percent in 2003 and 28 percent in 1998. Forty-three percent of the National Assembly members are women, making Cuba one of the worlds’ leaders in the percentage of women in representative government.
Assembly Speaker Karen Bass: Our society will be judged on the way it cares...
People are scared about the future in a state that should be all about hope for the future. We represent California – the eighth largest economy on the planet.
Environmental organizations and residents warn against consequences of Lennar’s ‘Prop Greed’
Despite Lennar's promises to clean up toxics at this site, environmentalists point to the text of Propsition G, which states that “the final development plan for this Project Site may be materially different from the Project."
UN holds racism hearings in US
What’s different is you’re going to hear the voices of the people. You don’t usually hear the voice of the people.
Too poor to parent?
In 2004, Black children were twice as likely to enter foster care as white children. Even among other groups of color, Black mothers are more likely to lose their children to the state than Hispanics or Asians.