"School For Hope"
by HeadLion from A Future Undecided, 145Q in JACKSON HEIGHTS, on April 30th, 2010
The following link is to a Op-Ed column from this Saturday's New York Times. The columnist, Nicholas D. Kristoff, wrote about the impact of the the book "What is the What" by Dave Eggers and the impact that Valentino Achak Deng has had on the war-torn, highly impoverished country. To view the column, click here
Connection to the Past
by odaine from 8a6 reporters, in , on April 29th, 2010In the past African Amercians did not have equal social rights. Social rights protect us against racist laws. The importance of winning social rights gave us the rights to use goods, services and facilities without being discriminated against. Before the civil rights movement, African American couldn't go to the same school as white people, they were not allowed in the same restaurants or to use the same transportation.
In the past African Americans didn't have equal economic rights. Acording to civil rights, "African Americans were stopped from getting jobs, such as working as police officers. Banks would not give them loans to buy homes or start businesses. Many freed slaves had no choice but to work as farmers and maids for their old slave masters".
Worse and Worse
by brianna from Clean Air? , in , on April 29th, 2010
WEDNESDAY, April 28 (HealthDay News) -- While a decade of efforts to reduce air pollution in the United States has improved air quality in many cities in the Northeast and Midwest, 175 million people are still exposed to dangerous levels of smog and soot, a new report reveals.
Breathing easy in the Bronx
by lovehadikeen from Class 802 - Fight for Environmental Rights, in , on April 8th, 2009 People make think the world is a great place but what they don’t know is that people and animals are dying because of the environment. If all animals die how would we survive if there’s nothing to eat? There is a 50 out of 100% chances anyone can catch asthma because of the people caring less about the world. People with asthma can dead from the bad air and global warming also pollution. Would anyone want this world to end? Well if people don’t get there act together and start to go green and help save the planet the world will soon end.
