Ivory. The word itself is a hot topic, spawned from thousands of years of use as a raw material, found in goods from all over the globe.
Category Archives: SOCIO-POLITICS
The Occupy Movement 101
Many people still do not know what the Occupy Movement stands for, or have been misdirected by mainstream media into thinking the Occupy Movement is a bunch of whining kids or aging hippies.
The Sudden Death and Modern Myth of a Cyberculture Heroine
Neda Agha-Soltan was a young Iranian living in a country that denied its women an abundance of civil rights.
When the Internet Goes Bad
“It’s just like being victimized all over again.”- Previously kidnapped, Lisa Gesik talking about inmates having access to social networking sites while in jail.
Mexico: Democracy, free trade no match for cartels
In the midst of its 94 year old political constitution, a freely elected President approved by the nation’s voters, as well as membership in the trilaterally based North American Free Trade Agreement, famously known as NAFTA, Mexico’s questionable stability emerges as a risky notion to inhabitants living north of the border.
RENOWNED TINY HOUSE ADVOCATE JAY SHAFER TO OCCUPY WALL STREET
The housing crisis is at the crux of our failing economy. The bottom line is that bank lending policies created a housing market fixated on larger and larger homes while ignoring the long term impact to our economy and environment. Unfortunately, we don’t see any indications that change is coming.