Monthly Archives: July 2008

Africa – a continent with a population now approaching a billion people, must organize and work extra hard towards bringing home as many medals as possible from the 2008 Olympic Games slated for Aug. 8-24 in Beijing, China.

There have been a lot of hurtful remarks made by surrogates of the three remaining presidential contenders about a candidate's race, gender or age. Democratic presidential nominiee Sen. Barack Obama took a lot of heat recently because of remarks he made during a fund-raiser in San Francisco. He was explaining the difficulty he is facing winning working-class white voters, especially those from small rural towns.

Foreign nationals (including lawful permanent residents) with criminal convictions often face collateral, immigration consequences that are far more serious than the punishment of jail time, probation or fines. One of the worst immigration consequences of criminal offenses – ranging from sex crimes to drug charges to firearms violations – is being subject to removal proceedings before an immigration court on grounds of inadmissibility or grounds of removability/deportability.

If you employ someone to work for you around your house, it is important to consider the tax implications of this arrangement. While many people disregard the need to pay taxes on household employees, they do so at the risk of stiff tax penalties. As you will see, these rules are quite complex, even for such a relatively minor employee, and a mistake can bring on tax headaches.

Drawing on influences from around the globe, Blade Brown’s work attempts not only to reinvigorate hip-hop in America, but also harness the cultural power of hip-hop to create greater unity for political, even revolutionary, change.