Meet the 17 That EXPOSED Stop & Frisk with His iPod

Meet the 17 That EXPOSED Stop & Frisk with His iPod

A secret audio recording of a stop-and-frisk in action sheds unprecedented light on a practice that has put the city’s young people of color in the NYPD’s crosshairs. More about the Stop and Frisk program The New York City stop-question-and-frisk...
Brazil cancels nearly $900 Million of African debt

Brazil cancels nearly $900 Million of African debt

ENCA – Addis Ababa – Brazil has announced its plans to cancel $900 million (R9 billion) worth of debt in 12 African countries, as part of a broader strategy to boost ties with the continent. Presidential spokesman Thomas Traumann said: “The idea of...
Teens Build a Car That Runs on ‘Social Fuel’

Teens Build a Car That Runs on ‘Social Fuel’

Yahoo Auto – Converting old gas-powered cars to run on electricity has become easy enough that Minddrive, a Kansas City non-profit, has made such conversions part of an after-school education program for inner-city teen-agers. For this year’s project,...