11 Year Old Roma Child Marries and Gives Birth in the Same Day

On October 22nd, in the Roma ghetto of Sliven, Bulgaria;  blushing bride Kordeza Zhelyazkova and her proud husband,  Jeliazko Dimitrov, snuck out in the middle of their wedding festivities....

Diwali Festival of Lights - Darkness under the Lamp

Diwali a most cherished festival of India and arguably it is the festival for all walks of life.   Millions of dollars are burnt in the form of Fireworks and each family has the share in it. Even a...

UK - The wealth struggle continues on Banking Profits

News 18 10 2009: Darling 'tax grab' on bank profits. The Sunday Telegraph said proposals, including a windfall tax on profits, were being drawn up in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />Whitehall amid mounting anger over the prospect of a return to big City bonuses. The...

India - Supreme Courts Condemns Mayawati's "Statue Government"

Taking a strong stand against the Uttar Pradesh's Mayawati lead government, Supreme Court of India criticized it for going ahead with the misuse of public money. The Mayawati government was planning to...

Tough Times? Save the Planet.

We are drowning. And not just in credit card bills and tuition payments. We are drowning in false choices. We are told that we must choose between making money and making a difference, that it is not possible to...

Race, class and opportunity

john a. powell: Deliberate policies created white suburbs and inner city black poverty

The problems of hero worship in the Philippines.

I am bemused by the sudden hero worshiping since the former President Cory Aquino died.  It would seem the political Aquino clan have became the hero’s of a country freed from Marcos dictatorship....

Obama's Education Speech Ignores Conditions of Homeless Children

President Obama's decision to address the nation's students this Tuesday has led to a national debate with some opposing federal government entering U.S. schools.The reasons are numerous, but under what conditions...

The Women’s Crusade

Shameless mag references below a piece by the NYT on the importance of global feminism in increasing opportunities for women all over the world. Shameless commends this piece for drawing attention to women's issues in the developing world, about which our awareness in the...

Is it now a crime to be poor?

"IT’S too bad so many people are falling into poverty at a time when it’s almost illegal to be poor. You won’t be arrested for shopping in a Dollar Store, but if you are truly, deeply, in-the-streets poor, you’re well advised not to engage in any of the biological...

The Runaround: Report on Hurdles to Shelter Access

Anybody who is homeless in San Francisco and trying to reserve a bed in city-funded shelters is likely to be turned away an average of six times within a month. Chances are they’re just as likely to wait one day as well as over a week to get a bed. And they also believe the...

Indefensible: How SF DA wastes tax money trampling rights of poor

On May 27, Joseph Smith, his wife Terrie Anderson and about a dozen other homeless San Francisco residents were awakened at 5 a.m. by police officers who ticketed them for sleeping on Hippie Hill at Golden Gate Park. Joe and his companions have pockets full of citations. When...

International sexual terrorism - your ambassadors abroad

When people travel from their home land they become ambassadors to the nation they belong to. However it would seem that countries that have citizens worried about sex predators. Within a neighborhood or play...

Denied Higher Studies, Girl Hangs Self

A sad end to a young soul , statistics about poverty in India show growth and government talks about how they have done so many things to improve standards of livings and Specially education - and for sure stress Educating the girl child. If that is true, then why has this...

Psychological Disarray of the 1.7 million Pakistani IDP's

Psychological Disarray of the 1.7 million Pakistani IDP's   Pakistan has recently witnessed 1.7 million Pakistani people migrate from their homes to camps and even graveyards as the war on terror continues....

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