Wichita zaps planned boost to street repairs

United Nations will debate Housing in the United States

By: jorgesoares

The UN Human Rights Human Rights Council is investigating why hundreds of thousands - maybe millions - of U.S. residents suffer the life sentence in the streets following the housing crisis which worsened last year. The Geneva-based UN body sent its Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, Raquel Rolnik, an expert in urban planning ...

24 days ago

AFL-CIO wants TARP funds to target small businesses not Wall Street.

By: northsunm32

  Rather interesting to see big labour asking for help to small businesses and repeating the claim of organisations representing small businesses that they create most of the jobs in the US economy. The AFL CiO was a big supporter of the stimulus program and is suggesting that even more needs to be done to create jobs given the over ten ...

10 days ago

Africa to Receive $1.1 billion in New Financing for Climate Action

By: chnarendra

African efforts to invest in clean energy and prepare for the devastating consequences of climate change have received a boost with six countries set to receive $1.1 billion in new financing for climate action.  From solar water heaters to wind power development and development policy planning, a range of new, scalable investments were ...

25 days ago

The New For-Profit Non-Profit

By: jeremiahhall

In tough economic times, nonprofit fundraisers are replacing their running shoes and ball gowns with storefronts and shopping bags. The economy has hit nonprofits hard and forced many to slash services and layoff workers. Traditional fundraising events like award ceremonies and charity marathons are increasingly void of donors leaving many ...

18 days ago