Brazil boasts of a population of nearly 208 million people of which it is estimated that 90.2 million are economically active. This is an important aspect of economics and population to consider, as there yet remains those in less developed areas that survive on subsistence farming and more traditional forms of self-sustenance beyond the unemployed….
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We Will Remember In Deeds
On days like this, always allude to our higher selves by going out to volunteer a few hours or getting together friends to help a Habitat for Humanity Project. These are all admirable gestures, but by far we as professionals need to invest more. Especially where it is really needed in our communities and cities. …
Increase the Peace: Ethics in Comm
How can we as communications professionals contribute to peace in our work and also how might we quantify peace?
In Search of Amy Tan’s Successor
I remember when the Joy Luck Club came out at the movies. I was dying to see it. You see as a kid that grew up in the homogeneous Midwest, seeing such a depiction on screen was tantamount to visiting a magical land of fairies and dragons. Up until that point I had not seen…
Part 5: The Music That Moves
Music is probably the only thing you can take from a moment in time apart from a memory. It leaves indelible prints on the heart and mind. From my trip to Accra I brought back Afrobeats . . . not as though I did not know about it or enjoy it in the past. I’m…
Lela Winston 