The rumbling/growling sound your stomach makes is called borborygmus.
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Black families pondering a move to the Midwest might want to read this, especially if they have young children. According to a national report, Wisconsin has been ranked the worst state in the country when it comes to racial disparities for children. LOUISIANA IS NOT RANKED TOO MUCH BETTER.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation, a 66-year-old charitable organization concentrating on family issues and well-being, spearheaded the study. “Race for Results: Building a Path to Opportunity for All Children” scored states according to 12 different factors, from educational access to socioeconomic status and home life.
Wisconsin scored a 238 on its ability to prepare black children for educational and financial success, the lowest of all states (the average score was 345). Interestingly, Wisconsin was ranked 10th overall in its preparation for white children.
Economically, the Casey report notes an immense difference in the the levels of economic security of children of different races in the state. While 70% of white children live in households above 200% of the poverty level ($47,700 for a family of four), only 20% of black children live in similar households.
The implications of such disparities cannot be understated. “Research has shown that growing up in chronic poverty contributes directly to stress at a level that can affect children’s health, brain development and social and emotional well-being — a response known as ‘toxic stress,” notes the report.
Stand Strong Against Hate
Join people across the nation who are standing strong against the hate. Add yourself to our map as a voice for tolerance.
The Southern Poverty Law Center counted 939 active hate groups in the United States in 2013. Only organizations and their chapters known to be active during 2013 are included.
All hate groups have beliefs or practices that attack or malign an entire class of people, typically for their immutable characteristics.
This list was compiled using hate group publications and websites, citizen and law enforcement reports, field sources and news reports.
Hate group activities can include criminal acts, marches, rallies, speeches, meetings, leafleting or publishing. Websites appearing to be merely the work of a single individual, rather than the publication of a group, are not included in this list. Listing here does not imply a group advocates or engages in violence or other criminal activity.
Georgia has 50:
Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney had only just begun working on the Freedom Summer campaign to register black Mississippians to vote when they suddenly disappeared.
Schwerner and Goodman were two Jewish men from New York—they had been there less than a week—and Chaney was a local black activist. They had just finished investigating the bombing of a nearby church when they were taken into custody under false pretenses, and never again seen by their fellow volunteers.
The disappearance of these three men sparked national outrage, and the FBI converged on Mississippi to investigate. They discovered that on June 21, 1964, immediately upon being released from custody, the young activists had been brutally beaten and murdered by a Ku Klux Klan lynch mob. The FBI’s investigation led to the first successful federal prosecution of a civil rights case in Mississippi.
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the day we lost these brave defenders of civil rights. Here are two things you can do to commemorate this day:
First, pledge to vote this November to honor the sacrifices made by Freedom Summer activists for our right to vote.
Pledge to exercise your hard-won right to vote in November.
http://action.naacp.org/My-Vote-2014
The circumstances under which we fight may have changed, but our values remain constant. All Americans, regardless of income or the color of their skin, must be able to freely exercise their constitutional right to vote.
The work of civil rights activists to protect this right did not stop when Freedom Summer ended, or even with the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. As long as there are legislators fighting to keep our most vulnerable populations away from the polls, our work and our struggle continues.
BrookingsInst: What the crisis in #Iraq means for the internally displaced: http://t.co/wvrkHaCGSC [map via @UNiraq] http://t.co/68ANZb8EvG
washingtonpost: Obama on why Iraq matters: Humanitarian interests, energy and strategic interests, no safe haven for terrorists http://t.co/TKFAfcV9Wh
WestWingReport: President blames Iraqi govt. for full U.S. withdrawal in 2011 – Baghdad refused to give American troops legal immunity if they stayed
politico: Pres Obama: “American combat troops will not be fighting in Iraq again,”
WhiteHouse: “Above all, Iraqi leaders must rise above their differences and come together around a political plan for Iraq’s future.” The United States will not pursue military options that support one sect inside of Iraq at the expense of another.” —President Obama
washingtonpost: Reporter: Do you wish you had left a residual force in Iraq?
Obama: That wasn’t a decision that was made by me…
http://t.co/B0Q9YxIDAP
ABC: Pres. Obama: US prepared to send 300 advisers to Iraq, take “targeted and precise military action,” if needed: http://t.co/IVLNkjKYKm
USGBC: Free download- new report plots the growth of green home industry, get it here: http://t.co/6xKqqD6unz
Mosquitoes prefer biting people who are drunk.