Summer 2008, Issue 19

At the beginning of June, celebrations took place in West Jerusalem to commemorate the 41st anniversary of the “Unification of Jerusalem.”

In the 1970s, there was the “Great White Flight,” when wealthy white people left the inner cities for suburbia. They took their money with them, leaving the cities to decline. Now the opposite of the white flight is occurring: poor people of color are being pushed out in favor of wealthy whites.

With gas prices at five dollars a gallon; you can’t help but ask how much better off are we than previous generations?

Nowadays, it’s not uncommon to hear people say that socialism will never work because it “goes against human nature.”

Listening to Baghdad radio stations, you would mostly hear traditional mellow Iraqi music. While this does not match the nation’s current situation, it does drown out the harsh sounds of war.

But just like everywhere, there is a small subculture of underground music, the only release for some people.