In what could go down as the most explosive, yet under reported story of the summer, The Independent reported that a prominent human rights group could find no evidence that Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader and despised despot, ordered mass rapes among other shocking crimes during the Libyan protests. According to Amnesty International, there was …
With the black unemployment rate almost twice the national average at 16.2 percent compared to 9.2 percent (and 8.1 percent for whites), it’s clear the financial crisis has had a particularly detrimental effect on the black community. This gap has, however, been consistent throughout American history. Unsurprisingly, the lack of employment has been filled by …
Here’s an archive to some of the work I did while writing for the Oregon Daily Emerald. http://www.dailyemerald.com/author/bpoinsette/
Reading and running are similar in the sense that both are only so motivating when you simply do them for fun. Sure, there are many people that do these activities for leisure but they have much more power when done with a purpose. The idea of running to get in shape, especially when you’ve barely …