Communities

Fix the Roads to Fix the Economy

James P. Hoffa | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Infrastructure, Teachers, Taxes, Jobs, President Obama, Amtrak, Airports, Communities, Transit, Obama, Congress, Teamsters, Bailout, Stimulus Bill, Economy, Politics News
James P. Hoffa

President-elect Barack Obama wants to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to rebuild this country's neglected infrastructure. He's right. It's really a no-brainer.

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Poverty in America: The Problems and Solutions

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 10.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Yunus, Poverty, Check Cashing, Louisiana, Microlending, Nobel, Payday Loans, Obama, Mccain, Western Union, Rural, Teen Moms, Bush, Education, Clinton, South, Palin, Public Transportation, Communities, Shreveport, Economy, Business News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

We need to make communities strong again. Our local money does not need to be mixed in with some guy's hedge fund abstract tranche of nothing all to make a fee for some banker in New York.

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Gender Apartheid

Amy Coen | Posted 06.25.2008 | Living

Read More: Corruption, Foreign Aid, Women's Rights, Fgm, Apartheid, Foreign Assistance, Ethiopia, Violation, Prenatal, Conflict, Prevention, Africa, Aids, Racism, Female, Development, Developing Countries, Public Health, Hiv, Gender, Ngo, Contraceptives, Female Genital Mutilation, Health, Sex, Health Programs, Hospitals, Communities, Sexual Education, Condoms, Living News
Amy Coen

Boge explained her biggest challenge decades earlier was to convince the first mother that her 'uncut' daughter would have a good life; she would be an acceptable wife, bear children and be healthy.

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Iraq, Beyond Generals

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 09.26.2007 | Politics

Read More: Communities, Iraq, Tribal Society, Federation, Sociology, Security Barriers, Etzioni, Specter, Boxer, Brownback, Biden, Politics News
Amitai Etzioni

A sociological approach to exiting Iraq would build on the existing social contours of the society rather than to try to force it into an imported format.

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