By Dr. Bruce Corrie

Recent news reports about Somali youth being recruited to fight in Somalia are very disturbing. By contrast, I had the opportunity recently to interact with the community, and that interaction provided an insight worth exploring.  I was responsible for the Minnesota component of a national consumer study on African immigrants. Apart from consumer preferences, we also asked participants questions about life in America and their attitudes toward a wide range of issues. The study consisted of a sample of 393 African immigrants in Los Angeles, New York, Washington, D.C., and the Twin Cities. The study was conducted by New American Dimensions of Los Angeles on behalf of the U.S. African Chamber of Commerce and was funded by the Minneapolis Foundation. 

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Next month, at the climate change summit in Copenhagen, the wealthy nations that produce most of the excess carbon in our atmosphere will almost certainly fail to embrace measures adequate to ward off the devastation of our planet by heat and chaotic weather.  Their leaders will probably promise us teaspoons with which to put out the firestorm and insist that springing for fire hoses would be far too onerous a burden for business to bear.

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The number of toys recalled over unlawful levels of lead and phthalates have dipped in the past year, and the U.S. government has even noted efforts by China to educate or shut down companies that made dangerous toys. But still some toys have been found to contain excess lead.
 

The fast food chain is swapping out the red for green in its logos in some European stores, as a way of promoting its environmental commitment.

The fast food chain is swapping out the red for green in its logos in some European stores, as a way of promoting its environmental commitment.