Word: urban
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Once again in the American media there is disturbing news from the Holy Land. To quote the Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information, "The specifics involve the construction of a new neighborhood for Israelis to be built in the southern part of Jerusalem aimed at creating an Israeli urban sprawl from Jerusalem to Bethlehem called Har Homa (in Hebrew meaning the Mountain of the Wall)." While more than half of the land on Har Homa is presently owned by Jews, there are several Palestinian villages which would need to be "re-located" in order for the construction of the homes...
Instead of looking at inner-cities as colonies to be tamed and exploited, white people must wade in the water and challenge the systemic and personal racism which has retarded the spiritual and moral growth of the nation and destroyed urban centers. The search for enlightenment must replace the surge of repression if the United States is to strive and thrive in the next century...
...panels offered a wide variety of topics, ranging from "Lessons and Hopes for Urban Development in Latin America" to "The Challenge of Micro-finance: Building Sustainable Financial Institutions that Service the Poor...
...major urban university and we need recognition," said Donald D. Babcock, the school's associate chancellor...
Mission Hill, which hosts several Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) public service programs, is currently undergoing a $50 million renovation with a grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Hope IV program...