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Census release shows more are without health insurance
Michigan’s families continued to struggle with falling wages and rising poverty in 2007 as income fell sharply below the national median income and the poverty rate jumped, according to Census Bureau data released today.
LANSING, MI — Capital City Community Action Network (CCCAN) and The New Citizens Press joined forces with Everybody Reads Bookstore located at 2019 E. Michigan Avenue (Next to Gone Wired) and just completed a month long book drive for prisoners.
Alanah Durfee gives books to Everybody Reads Proprietor Scott Harris for the prison book drive. Harris’ bookstore is located at 2019 E. Michigan Avenue. TNCP photo
There are so many types of relationships. I thought about trying to list examples. However the variety seemed almost infinite. Of course I could categorize them simply by saying there are family, friends, romantic, and professional relationships. When I look at the words it seems pretty black and white but when I think about how many different ways they can overlap it seems almost daunting to sort it all out. I did not even mention those relations that are developed through the World Wide Web. Technology sure has changed things extraordinarily hasn’t it? I am beginning to wonder if that is for our benefit.
Q: I am working on starting a business and I understand that I need to choose a structure for my business. I’m not sure what would be most appropriate for my situation. Where can I get some more information on this topic?
We featured a two part story about Melik in our August 17, 2008 – August 30, 2008 edition and our August 31, 2008 – September 13, 2008 edition. He received this response from a woman whose husband had a stroke. To read “One Man’s Stroke” log on to www.tncp.net.
Maybe God has blessed you with children to care for or maybe you’re a leader of thousands of people. Maybe you’re the president of a great country like the United States. Many of you can relate to having children depending on you for everything, so let’s all move to the larger picture.
The Pursuit of Happyness
By Chris Gardner
ISBN: 0-06-074487-1
Publisher: Amistad
Available: Bookstores everywhere
Our Journeys/Our Stories: Portraits of Latino Achievement will be at the Michigan State University Museum located on West Circle Drive, East Lansing from September 16, 2008 to January 4, 2009.
Inventor Armando Rositas of Lansing holds the ”Swimming Buddy”. He believes that it will help lower water accident casualties.
Ice Cube is a Hip Hop icon, no doubt about it. Yet with more than ten albums under his belt – including new release “Raw Footage” – he has gained notoriety for doing more than just rapping. Cube made the transition from Hip Hop star to actor and film celebrity in 1991, first appearing as Darin “Doughboy” Baker in director John Singleton’s urban neighborhood drama “Boyz N The Hood”. Ice Cube has since starred in twenty-three movies, his twenty-third being current release “The Longshots”.