6-year-old Jamerica Ragsdale, who was shot in her grandmother’s mobile home in Vicksburg, Miss., Tuesday, died of her injuries Thursday. A 16-year-old had been handling a .22 caliber pistol when it discharged, sending a bullet through the wall and into the little girl’s head. “Yeah it was an accident,” said Nikia Ragsdale, Jamerica’s uncle. “But he shouldn’t been playing with guns.”
via The Gun Report: November 15, 2013 – NYTimes.com.
In the interest of public service, Clinton and Bush are joining forces yet again……sort of! In November and December, AmeriCorps Alums is bringing together the Clinton School of Public Service and the Bush School of Government and Public Service to host three continuing education series events. Both schools offer matches to the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award, and they are co-hosting events in Des Moines, Dallas, and Little Rock to highlight their respective programs, as well as their commitment to AmeriCorps and public service. The events will also feature broader panel discussions around “Careers In Public Service” with panelists composed of AmeriCorps alumni who are employed in the government or public service locally and will eagerly share valuable insights from their careers.
These events are open to Alums and current AmeriCorps members. Both the Bush and Clinton Schools have a high opinion of AmeriCorps Alums as students…
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The sad truth? Not so much. Should the US mainland care more? Of course! But ¾’s of the world’s nations seem to all be focused on the inside and Puerto Rico is still thought by many as “and,” not as “us.” Read on and think about it – people’s lives and livelihoods are at stake.
An opinion piece by Julio Ricardo Varela for NBCLatino.
A year has passed since Puerto Ricans on the island voted (yet again) in a non-binding plebiscite to determine where they stand on the issue of self-determine and political status. Like a Facebook relationship status, the conclusions from the November 6, 2012 vote were “complicated.”
Did a majority of Puerto Ricans reject its current territorial status with the United States? Yes.
Did these same Puerto Ricans also vote for statehood? Yes and no.
Yes, because those who did vote in the second part of the ballot chose statehood over the other two options: sovereign free association and independence. No, because commonwealth supporters were urged by their party to leave the second part of the ballot blank. Problem is, voting blank wasn’t an option, so who knows what blank votes represent?
One year later, nothing has happened.
Sure, the White House has
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Making heroes out of your customers is good business
The brown recluse spider’s reputation vastly exceeds its reality. Note the three pairs of eyes: That’s the best way to identify these guys. Photo: Rick Vetter
via Why You Need Not Fear the Poor, Misunderstood Brown Recluse Spider – Wired Science.
Nothing safe or sacred any longer – why would you want to buy sliced apples – how hard is it to slice yourself?
Crunch Pak® of Cashmere, Washington is voluntarily recalling 5,471 cases of Crunch Pak® Apple Slices due to a possible health risk from Listeria monocytogenes.
Russia introduces an anti-gay law, while Britain makes marriage legal. So what\’s it like to be gay around the world in 2013? Men and women from Afghanistan to Uruguay talk about love, the law and coming out to your mum. Roll over the portraits below to see where the interviewees are from, and click to read their stories
In an introduction to this special report, Masha Gessen explains why she and her family have to leave Russia
via Over the rainbow: what is it like to be gay around the world? | World news | The Guardian.
Drowning in the busyness of life, and how I stay afloat, and find peace and stillness amidst the chaos.
Culture War is Class War disguised. The Wealthy Elite--the "Filthy Rich"--foment Culture War in society to distract and cover their real economic motives. Culture War, Class War explores the resulting cultural divide--how it was instigated and kept alive for fifty years in America by certain elite powers and how and why they choose to benefit while tearing families in two and keeping America paralyzed.
an A to Z guide to Vaccines
Second Look Behind the Headlines
Why people hate the truths of the world.
that all men are created equal
THOUGHTS FOR THE POST-2008 WORLD
Wellness Leadership Education
Essays on economic crisis, decoding dominant ideologies and creating a better world
Foregrounding voices of colour
"It is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error"..Thomas Paine
living in the shoes of a woman
A Letter Never Received
His mom, kind of.
A Unique Decade in American History
words infused with art
