Facebook Chief Zuckerberg Forms $100M Foundation
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg has decided to create a $100 Million Foundation — Startup: Education — to improve student success starting with Newark, New Jersey. On Friday’s Oprah Winfrey Show,…
Michelle Obama Has a Special Message for Kids
The First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, will join Nickelodeon in celebrating the network’s seventh annual Worldwide Day of Play by sharing a special message. She will encourage…
Hong Kong – Not the U.S. – World’s Freest Economy
Hong Kong remains the world’s freest economy according to the findings of the Economic Freedom of the World: 2010 Annual Report released Wednesday, Sept. 22, by the Cato Institute. This…
President Obama Should Focus on Maternal Health
One thousand women die daily due to pregnancy related causes and the majority of Americans (75%) believe that reducing these deaths should be a priority of President Obama and his…
Over 43 Million Americans Now Live in Poverty
Annual data released Thursday, Sept. 16, by the U.S. Census Bureau indicates that almost 43.6 million Americans (about one in every seven people) now live in poverty, the highest number…
Don’t Let Us Down! Don’t Let Us Die!
More than 50 AIDS activists from the groups Housing Works, AIDS Action in Mississippi (AAIM) and AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) interrupted a speech by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen…