September 2011
September 15th, 2011
Written by Rita Cook in Focus on Health with 1 Comment
While there are a number of diseases that affect Americans every day, in some cases, higher health risks are prevalent in specific ethnic groups. That is not to say that everyone is prone to these identifiable diseases, but research shows for example, African-American’s tend to have a higher number of health risks with hypertension, Hispanics face health risks for Diabetes Mellitus Type II, and...
September 14th, 2011
Written by Marlene Caroselli in Common Ties That Bind with 0 Comments
Every culture is unique in its own way. Yet, each shares common attributes, and similar desires. In fact, a report in the GALLUP Management Journal (October 2007) found that people in countries all over the world had but one wish, it wasn’t love or money, food or shelter, safety or peace; it was the desire for a good job.The same report stated that America's Gross Domestic Product exceeds that of...
September 13th, 2011
Written by Laura Monroe in Our Daily Walk with 0 Comments
A growing trend in American households is the rise of the Boomerang generation, young adults who after a brief period of living on their own return home (or “boomerang”) to once again, live with their parents. A 2010 study by the Pew Research Center cites a rise of 2.6 million more multi-generational American households within a one-year period, from 2007 to 2008 and identifies young adults (...
September 10th, 2011
Written by Janice S. Ellis... in Latest News, Publisher's Note with 1 Comment
On the eve of the tenth anniversary of 91l, the nation is once again on alert, for the possibility of another terrorist attack. As we remember and pay tribute to those who lost their lives on the day that changed America forever, we also need to look toward the future.Proclaiming children as our most valuable future resource has become a common refrain. But the gravity of its meaning has never...
September 9th, 2011
Written by Cindy Ferraino in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
The results of 2010 Census has caused a media frenzy about how racial issues play an important role in the way politicians will deal with a potential uproar from various political groups. According to an article written in the Washington Post about the results of the 2010 Census, it seems clear that many understand that the “Land of the Free and Home of the Brave” is a mixed melting pot that will...