Posts Tagged ‘slavery’
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Finally! Martin Luther King, Jr. monument is dedicated in DC.
How many slaves do you own?
Occupy the world?!
Image thanks to Wired!
Possibility of a government shutdown? Haven’t we seen this show before? #dejavu
President Obama is ready to leave behind No Child Left Behind.
Perhaps you already heard that scientists and the speed of light – but did you hear about the physicists and the invisibility cloak?
Ending modern-day slavery…one app at a time.
Oh, and watch out! A satellite’s falling to the earth.
Thanks to nhop.ca!
Haiti’s having a pretty hard time right now, since the massive earthquake earlier this month.
Fortunately, a lot of good people from around the world are trying to help… with food, money, kidnapping… KIDNAPPING?!?!
Ten U.S. Baptist missionaries were charged with kidnapping 33 Haitian children and trying to take them across the Haitian border to the Dominican Republic.
The Haitian Prime Minister, Max Bellerive, states,
It is clear now that they were trying to cross the border without papers. It is clear now that some of the children have live parents… And it is clear now, that they knew what they were doing was wrong.
According to ABC News, children were drawn to follow the missionaries with pictures – pamphlets, actually – that showed pools, large houses, and clothes.
The children, although allegedly being taken to an orphanage, were not orphans. …read more.
