Inner City

Country Star Jo Dee Messina Gives Free Concert To Benefit Neighborhood Charity: UPDATE

Posted 12.08.2009 | Impact

Read More: Inner City, Nashville, Jo Dee Messina, Harvest Hands, Charity, Brentwood United Methodist Church, Impact News

UPDATE: Jo Dee Messina has raised $30,000 for Harvest Hands Community Development Corporation from her free live and online concerts, Tonic Reports. S...

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Death of a Detroit Imam Leaves Many Questions Unanswered

Hamdan Azhar | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Inner City, Luqman Ameen Abdullah, Islamaphobia, Poverty, Fbi, Muslims, Muslim, Politics News
Hamdan Azhar

The recent and unfortunate death of Imam Luqman Abdullah at the hands of FBI agents reveals much about the greater issues of race, religion, poverty, authority and justice in our society.

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Black Cowboys Teach Inner City Kids Horsemanship, History

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 11.03.2009 | Impact

Read More: Inner City, Horses, At-Risk Youth, Queens, Federation of Black Cowboys, African Americans, Mentoring, New York City, Impact News

Kids from rough areas in New York City have found a home away from home on a 25-acre ranch in Queens, CNN reported Tuesday. Since 1994, the Federati...

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Obama's Anti-Stimulus

Leighton Woodhouse | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Inner City, Undocumented Immigrants, Nativism, American Apparel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Immigration, Los Angeles, Undocumented Workers, Barack Obama, Brian Bilbray, Politics News
Leighton Woodhouse

The forced downsizing of American Apparel is more than a tragedy. It is a canary in the coalmine for how the most vulnerable populations in this country will fare under the Obama administration.

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The Chicago Public School Teacher's Husband

David Murray | Posted 11.22.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Henry Horner Homes, Lake Street El, Poverty, Chicago Public Schools, There Are No Children Here, Alex Kotlowitz, Oak Park, Teacher, Education, Education Reform, Public Schools, Inner City, Charter Schools, Arne Duncan, Chicago News
David Murray

Our troubles had begun when my wife Kirsten took the job teaching art, K-8, at a West Side elementary school. Then came the informal adoptions.

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Q&A with Green Collar Economy Author Van Jones

Terrence McNally | Posted 01.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Sergey Brin, Infrastructure, Inner City, Unemployment, Green for All, Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Jobs, Green Energy, Van Jones, Stimulus, Retrofit, Sustainable, Green News
Terrence McNally

The economy is in crisis. Climate change calls for massive changes in the way we supply and use energy. VAN JONES believes that these crises together present an enormous opportunity.

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