REPORTS
Sudan -- Darfur Inter Press Service, September 9, 2004, U.S. Declares Darfur Situation
”Genocide” by Jim Lobe. For the complete article visit
http://www.ipsnews.net/africa/interna.asp?idnews=25416The Washington Post (editorial), Sunday, September 12, 2004; Page B06
Genocide. For the complete article visit
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14685-2004Sep11.htmlThe Washington Post, Monday, September 13, 2004; Page A21
A Broken System b y Morton Abramowitz and Samantha Power. For the complete article visit
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17059-2004Sep12.htmlThe New Yorker, August 30, 2004, Dying in Darfur by Samantha Power. For the complete article visit
http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?040830fa_fact1
HUNGER IN THE WORLD
According to some studies it is estimated that
- 1 billion people in the world suffer from hunger and malnutrition
- about 24,000 people die every day from hunger or hunger-related causes. three-fourths of the deaths are children under the age of 5
- famine and wars cause about 10 percent of hunger deaths, although these tend to be the ones you hear about most often
- the majority of hunger deaths are caused by chronic malnutrition. Families facing extreme poverty are simply unable to get enough nutritious food to eat
- in 1999, a year market by good economic news, 31 million Americans were either hungry or unsure of where their next meal would come from. Of these Americans, 12 million were children.
HIV/AIDS
Ghanaian Chronicle ( Accra , Ghana ), September 7, 2004 (Posted to the allafrica.com website September 7, 2004,) Ghana Chalks Success in HIV/Aids Fight b y Ivy Benson
http://allafrica.com/stories/200409071574.htmlSeeing Black.com, Diaspora Report
Blacks are the 'Invisible Man (Woman)' at AIDS Conference , by George Curry. For complete article visit
http://www.seeingblack.com/2004/x091004/diaspora_aids.shtml
Human Rights and Corporations - The New York Times, Judge OKs Human Rights Suit Against Unocal. For complete article visit
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Unocal-Myanmar.html?ex=1096259421&ei=1&en=e24b940cb4958612National Housing Trust Fund Update: Discharge Petition Filed! 7/23/04
New poll shows overwhelming support for federal investment in affordable housing, 7/22/04 (PDF file)
President's key homelessness initiative to be considered at hearing, 7/13/04
Written Testimony of the National Low Income Housing Coalition on the Samaritan Initiative, 7/13/04
