Spare a thought for poorer economies waiting for clouds to clear
While much of the media has been concerned with the impact that the volcanic ash cloud has had on travel across Europe, spare a thought for the African and Asian farmers who are losing their livelihoods as the foods they had prepared to fly to Europe are destroyed.
As all economies consider the long term damage [...]
bush not racist, just socially inept
This video of George Bush wiping his hand on Bill Clinton’s shirt after shaking the hands of Haitians in Port-au-Prince has been making the rounds on the internet. Many have implied that Bush’s handwipe was a racist response, but that seems unlikely. At a ceremony meeting new senators in the White House, Barack Obama recalls [...]
who wants a black barbie?
News that a Walmart store in the US had halved the price of a black Barbie doll while retaining the regular full price on an identical white Barbie was greeted with some outrage.
The store management explained that the decision was taken to reduce the price in order to clear the stock for a new line of [...]
Home Education did not kill Khyra; Agency Failings did
From the Victoria Climbié Foundation
On the day that Angela Gordon is sentenced for the manslaughter of her daughter Kyhra Ishaq, VCF- the Victoria Climbié Foundation wishes to raise our concerns that press reports on the tragic case of Khyra Ishaq seem to be focusing on the home education aspect of the case, rather than the [...]