Liberia's New Lap of Luxury

Robert Johnson Plans Posh Resort in West Africa By Anita Huslin Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, July 25, 2008; Page D01 Typically, you might expect hotel owner Robert L. Johnson to leave the spiel about bed linens and room decor to his marketing types. But here...

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South Africa’s Helping Hand says the number of homeless white people has increased by 58% since 2002. A new report by the charity, which helps poor white communities, says more than 130,000 white people in South Africa are homeless. BBC News

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It is harder for a black man with no criminal record to get a call back for a job interview, than a white man recently out of prison. Princeton University research results

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"Let me also say that this (mortgage subprime crisis) is not an issue of the poor. …This current crisis is principally a crisis of the middle class, not the poor.  Individuals who asked “what’s the payment,” and not “what’s the interest...