A new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals that the U.S. breast-feeding rate has hit its highest point in over 20 years with approximately 77 percent of new mothers opting to give babies the boob. The CDC has surveyed woman on infant feeding habits since the mid-1980s and the latest figure rates as an all-time high. The largest rise in breast-feeding came in the African-American community, where the figure rose to 65 percent from only 36 percent in 1993-1994. For Mexican-Americans, the number went up to 80 percent, from 67 percent and for whites, it rose from 62 percent to 79 percent.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-04-30-breastfeeding-moms_N.htm
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Saturday, May 3, 2008
Friday, May 2, 2008
Why Do American Corporations Have More Rights than People?
500 years ago the "corporation" was invented as a legal form to allow investors to engage in public works. Over the years, corporations gained the right to engage in any kind of business, but they were still convenient "legal fictions" until 1886 when the U.S. Supreme Court declared that corporations are "persons" and gave them the same rights as living human beings -- and more.
http://www.jashford.com/pages/worldcorps.html
http://www.jashford.com/pages/worldcorps.html
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