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Alabama students struggle with reading

November 23rd, 2009 A new report from the Birmingham News finds that 130 public high schools either failed reading or were clas­sified as “borderline” fail­ing, based on 11th-graders’ performance on the Ala­bama High School Gradua­tion Exam.  As if that isn’t bad...

College Success Tips from the Bronx Princess

November 17th, 2009 Rocky, aka the Bronx Princess, is a New York teenager who also happens to be a Ghanaian princess.  She was the subject of the PBS POV program “The Bronx Princess,” which was filmed during the summer between high-school and college and aired in...

Calling all graphic designers and artists!

November 16th, 2009 Are you looking for an artistic outlet to design and create? Do you have the desire to impact social change with your artistic abilities? Are you creative and enjoy designing logos? If so, then this contest is for you! We are sponsoring a logo...

When there isn’t enough food on the table

November 13th, 2009 Sometimes my weeks have a theme, and this week’s theme is definitely hunger.  As we hear up for Thanksgiving and the holiday season, I guess we are all thinking about those families who struggle to put food on the table. The Greater Birmingham...

Veterans and Poverty: Gender and age matter

November 11th, 2009 On this Veteran’s Day, I thought I would look at how military service impacts economic security. According to the Census Bureau, poverty is low among veterans. Only 5.6 percent of veterans lived in poverty in 1999 – or about half the rate for all...