Article on No Child Left Behind Act

Why Have the Children Been Left Behind?
By Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet
Posted on October 22, 2007
Printed on October 28, 2007
A child’s education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
The debate in Congress over whether to reauthorize No Child Left Behind (NCLB) is underway.
What’s with these politically-calculated, brand-name, PR-speak, [...]

‘Slave’ children found making clothes for Gap

Below is an article I found in Guardian Unlimited.
Indian ‘Slave’ Children Found Making Low-cost Clothes Destined for Gap
Dan McDougall in New Delhi
Sunday October 28, 2007
Child workers, some as young as 10, have been found working in a textile factory in conditions close to slavery to produce clothes that appear destined for Gap Kids, one [...]

The Business of Being Born

Sunday, October 28th @ 2:30 p.m.

Time is tick…tick…ticking away! Wednesday, October 25, is the LAST DAY to purchase tickets at the early bird price of $8. After that, and at the door, tickets cost $10.
Thanks bunches to those who have already bought tickets, allowing us to pay screening and venue deposits and allowing [...]

Guess I’m Boycotting Starbucks . . .

More great info and another wonderful short video from GOOD Magazine. I’m not on their payroll, I swear! )
Bikes to Rwanda
Video By Lindsay Utz, Morgan Currie, Daniel Kim, Stefan Nadelman, Nate Goodman, Kyril Cvetkov, Morgan Hobart
Music By The Sensualists, George Langford, Sen Kumpa
Lugging huge bags [...]

Play This Game and Feed the Hungry!!!

Well this is just the coolest thing. I found it via the GOOD Magazine Blog.
FreeRice is a website with two goals: to improve your vocabulary and feed the hungry. You go to FreeRice.com, you play an addictive vocabulary game, and for every word you get right, FreeRice donates 10 grains of rice through [...]

The U.N. Millennium Declaration

Below is a blurb, pictures and a video I lifted from a new magazine I found called GOOD. As per usual, I am not feeling the need to say a ton . . . the blurb below, as well as the movie and links just about says it all. For those of you that are [...]

SCHIP Vetoed

As most of you are probably aware by now, President Bush’s Veto of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) was not overturned in congress this week. What’s next? Yes, the veto is done, but it is as important as ever that we continue to communicate to our representatives in Congress how we feel on [...]