Contemporary slavery and human trafficking are the most heinous of all human rights violations in modern times.Broken promises, stolen dignity, crashed hope. These are the sobering themes that echo in the heart wrenching stories of the victims of modern day slavery and people trafficking. The U.S State Department estimates th... More..
What is the Church? Is it a pillar of the community? In light of the answer to these questions, we can delve even deeper.Should under-performing inner-city schools be abolished? Should poorly-funded teen-crisis centers in the projects close their doors? Should overrun homeless shelters and soup kitchens in downtown areas ceas... More..
" A cargo of ninety-four Prime healthy Negroes consisting of thirty-nine men, fifteen boys, twenty four women and 16 girls. Just arrived... from Sierra Leone, July 24th, 1769: TO BE SOLD on Thursday the third day of August; "The above is an excerpt from a handbill promoting an auctioning of African slaves in Charleston, South... More..
Without a Trace is a police drama set in the volatile world of missing persons and kidnap victims.Currently airing on Sundays at 10pm ET on the CBS network in the U.S, its stories are woven around the lives of a team of detectives in the fictitious Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.Their task is to investigate ... More..
'Happy-go-lucky", "fresh", "fun". The sophomore U.S release by the British pop songstress hit the streets on Jan 22, 2008 and is gathering significant buzz in the music industry circuit. Pocket full of Sunshine is the U.S version of ' N.B' , her second European release and it features an eclectic mix of dance, pop, ballads an... More..
The A-team is back! Yes it is. Well, the old episodes anyway. By some celestial mercies (the recent deal between Hollywood studios and the WGA?), NBC has decided to make some old favorites available for re-viewing on their website www.nbc.com.I was ecstatic when I came across this little bit of news, and I dutifully pointed m... More..
I can Feel again My heart's eye squints, your Brightness rids the guilt, Starting over your affection, my Heart's perfection; I can feel againnot numbed by pain and rejection I see againnot blinded by fear and doubt to hearagainst the sound of my own imaginations, It's all You again.. I'm His Likeness, the affection my Heart... More..
In the middle ages womanhood was both revered and abhorred. It was viewed in some quarters as "an evil of nature" attributed to the biblical Eve and the fall of man, and as " exalted above angels" due to Mary's immaculate conception.The historical study of medieval women's roles is unfortunately obscured by various stigmas th... More..
Have you ever watched a police drama on TV, maybe " Law and Order" or " NYPD Blue", and cringed when one of the detectives lunges angrily at a suspect as if ready to beat a confession out of him? Most people would, but Hollywood sometimes fuels a misconception that police work is all brute force and very little mental acumen.... More..
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