According to a report released today by the National Center on Homelessness, more than 1.6 million children are currently homeless in America. This amounts to one child in 45. It represents a dramatic increase of 38 percent since the onset of the recession in 2007. The report “America’s Youngest Outcasts” paints a grim picture, and [...]
A News Junkie Post Exclusive with an interview of Occupy LA organizer Michael Novick by NJP’s Gilbert Mercier. On December 12, the Occupy movement will try to shut down all the major ports along the West Coast. This coordinated ambitious action will take place in San Diego, Los Angeles, Oakland, Seattle and even in Vancouver, [...]
The Occupy movement is becoming viral, but its very own merit which is to be a true grassroots movement without a hierarchy and a defined leadership could be its Achilles heel. The global capitalist system, run by the very few people in control of mega corporate entities, will not cave in or even give up [...]
Season’s Bleedings from Newt Gingrich and the Fright Wing Republicans. I doubt Dr. Seuss could conjure a villain as mean-spirited as Mr. Gingrich. While the Grinch’s heart swells to let in transformative love, the Gingrich’s head swells to accommodate grandiose delusions, historical re-writes and plots to reform America’s impoverished youth. Please follow Amy Beth Arkawy [...]
In the aftermath of the widely reported fraudulent parliamentary election on Sunday, protests in the line of the global occupy movement have now reached Russia, and are spreading like wild fire. The Putin administration has started a large and brutal crackdown, using riot police, on demonstrators and has jailed several high profile activists and bloggers. [...]
