The “Occupy Movement”, which campaigns for economic fairness and justice for the working poor and middle class, took advantage of the meeting of world finance ministers in Washington, D.C. at the end of April 2012 to stage protests in the streets surrounding as well as outside the main entrances of the World Bank and International […]
By the year 2020, the people of New Carrolton and College Park in Prince George’s County, and the people of Silver Spring and Bethesda in Montgomery County, will be able to ride their first local light rail. The Metro Transportation Agency estimates that the total daily ridership will be about 60,000 people, and that 20,000 […]
Every year, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund host their annual meeting, a gathering of finance ministers, bankers, government officials, private sector representatives and journalists from around the world. The meeting, held in Washington D.C, is a forum for discussion of global economic issues and for identifying solutions to a variety of problems […]
The Occupy Movement has inspired and attracted the participation of many talented and smart people from all over the country. They have given up everything to participate full time, alongside others who have traveled the same long and often perilous journey. An epic quest, promoting all that is right in the human spirit. Barry Knight, a 44-year-old, is one of them. He joined the Occupy […]
As most of us know quite well, the U.S Congress has been debating how to fix the broken health-care system for a long time. As many as six Presidents before President Obama have tried to fix American health care delivery. On February 24, 2009, just a few months after his election, President Obama promises Health […]