Oil Discovered in Ghana

Good news or a curse? From Emerging Minds Magazine, the citizens state, “we have gold and the majority are poor, we have timber and the majority are poor, we have cocoa and the majority are poor, and indeed almost all the natural resources one could [t]hink of and we are still languishing in economic hardships . . .”

Report: Black, poor children face higer toxic air risks

PolicyLink, a national research and action institute advancing economic and social equity by Lifting Up What Works®, has published a new report entitled, “Breathing Easy from Home to School: Fighting the Environmental Triggers of Childhood Asthma.”

According to FinalCall.com, the report states that the “[r]ates for emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and death among children due to asthma are substantially higher in Black children in comparison to White children. Thirteen percent of all children suffering from asthma are Black compared to 8% White. Puerto Ricans lead the nation at 19%.”

4 New Orleans Housing Projects to be Demolished Despite Pleas of Former Residents

From the Times-Picayune, http://blog.nola.com/times-picayune/2007/11/judge_wont_hold_up_public_hous.html