photo: AP / Amr Nabil Article by Correspondent Dallas Darling. fore-shad-ow (v.) 1. To indicate or warn of before hand. 2. To point out or suggest something, usually something unpleasant, that is going to happen. As more and more aggressive and belligerent corporate policies in America are overshadowing compassion, civic education, and opportunities and…
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Cable from the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv says Israeli officials wanted Gaza’s economy ‘functioning at the lowest level possible consistent with avoiding a humanitarian crisis.’
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Introduction In March 2008, the United Nations’ World Drug Report confirmed that the price of cocaine in Europe had fallen to a record low, fuelling record levels of cocaine use. “Celebrity drug offenders can profoundly influence attitudes, politics, values and behavior towards drug abuse, particularly among young people,” the report warned. The United Nations blamed…
Ritchie Katko spends his days working for the Make it Right Foundation in the Lower 9th ward in New Orleans. This January, while the city was consumed by Saints fever, Ritchie, along with a group of fellow architects and thought leaders traveled to Haiti to offer their assistance. A few weeks ago, they made a…