by Rupe | Oct 4, 2016 | Money Matters, Social-Race Issues, World Affairs
We’ve known for a while that black Americans aren’t making economic progress. A recent report from the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank, shows that the black-white wage gap is now the widest it has been since 1979. What’s more interesting, though, is how inequality has been increasing, and for whom.
Source: Why black workers who do everything right still get left behind
My Comments: Really interesting study – will have to look more deeply at this.
by Rupe | Oct 5, 2014 | World Affairs
This is an absolute must read…
Tom Frieden remembers the young woman with the beautiful hair, dyed a rusty gold and braided meticulously, elaborately, perhaps by someone who loved her very much. She was lying facedown, half off the mattress. She had been dead for hours, and flies had found the bare flesh of her legs. Washington Post
by Rupe | Oct 4, 2014 | World Affairs
Born Free: How
The buying and selling of humans is big business — and an enormous development challenge. It is estimated to generate anywhere from $32 billion to $150 billion a year and affect tens of millions of people: the International Labor Organization believes that nearly 21 million men, women, and children are currently victims of some form of slavery, forced labor, or human trafficking.How to Prevent Human Trafficking…Read more
