According to University of Minnesota studies, atheists are the most hated minority in America. The point of this lens is to explain a bit about what it means to be an atheist and what atheists actually are and believe. My hope is that by removing the unknowns about atheism, those that hate us will begin to see us as normal human beings deserving the same rights and treatment as people with religions. Join discussion...

Many people are mystified as to why homeless people don't use homeless shelters even when in danger of freezing to death. This lens explains why many homeless people do not use homeless shelters - some of the reasons may shock, surprise, or disgust you. Join discussion...

If you've ever wanted to help the homeless but were overwhelmed and didn't know where to start or what to do, read this lens to find out the best ways you can help homeless people.. Join discussion...

There are many great lenses on Squidoo about charities that help the homeless find housing, food, hope and dignity. There are stories on Squidoo about how to help the homeless and what it's like being homeless. This lensography links to many of them Join discussion...

Hello and welcome to Herman Van Rompuy, the First European President. The European Union enters a new phase: it's getting its first fix President. I am a proud Belgian Citizen and such nomination is my pride, but loving in no way the European Union, this nomination represents four walls that would prevent Belgian opponants to the EUfrom leaving it. Don't take me wrong, this doesn't mean that I don't like the European continent; which I'm really proud of too! Join discussion...

Obama's new stimulus package includes the 'Make Home Affordable' program for homeowners that promises to help up to 9 million people that are potentially facing foreclosure on their homes Join discussion...

Wendell Potter is a man of rare courage who gave up his handsomely compensated position as Vice President of corporate communications at CIGNA, the health insurance giant, because his conscience would no longer allow him to continue working as the chief spokesman for a company that, in his words, had "...hijacked our health care system and turned it into a giant ATM for Wall Street investors." Join discussion...

I love this lady. Elizabeth Warren is just a little ol' gal who was born in Oklahoma in 1950, the youngest child of parents who had endured the hardships of the Dustbowl and the Great Depression. From those humble roots, she has risen to become a respected Harvard Law professor, a best-selling author, one of the top authorities on bankruptcy law in the United States, and now, chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel for the $700 billion bailout fund, or TARP. Elizabeth Warren is one person who may be able to save the American dream. She is a woman of rare passion, intelligence, conviction and intellectual honesty who forms her opinions based not on what she would like to believe, what would be convenient, or politically expedient to believe, but based on what the facts in front of her reveal. Her focus is the American middle class family, the institution that has been the backbone of our prosperity since Henry Ford had the insight to raise his workers pay to that of a living wage, understanding that his business would thrive if and when everyone had the wherewithal to buy one of his cars. According to Lee Iacocca, "Henry Ford shocked the world with what probably stands as his greatest contribution ever: the $5-a-day minimum-wage scheme. The Wall Street Journal called the plan 'an economic crime,' and critics everywhere heaped 'Fordism' with equal scorn." Elizabeth Warren's is a voice of common sense and responsibility speaking up for the little guy in a world where well-heeled banks, insurance, and credit card companies have for years been getting the best legislation money can buy from the supposed representatives of "the American people": the U.S. Congress. Join discussion...

It is abundantly clear that the free market myth is the underlying cause of our current economic crisis "The Market" doesn't exist. Supermarkets, open-air markets, farmers' markets and the stock market all exist in objective reality; but an overarching Market that lacks physical substance yet is omnipresent, omniscient, and omnipotent is nothing more than a myth. Unfortunately, many of the decision makers who shaped the economic landscape which precipitated the near-collapse of the world economic system believe in that myth with the fervency of religious faith. Join discussion...

Eamonn Fingleton, an Irish ex-pat who resides in Tokyo, is one of the most original and insightful economic thinkers of our age. He has continually bucked the conventional wisdom on Globalism, the "new economy" and America's wanton abandonment of it's manufacturing sector. His predictions on how and why Washington's misguided economic policies are speeding its decline and the power shift from the U.S. to the East Asia have proven correct time and time again. And yet, nobody listens to him. He is reporting on the most momentous story of the last 500 years: the power shift from America to the Confucian nations of Japan and China, but he is the unlucky bearer of unpalatable truths. For the most part, Western policy makers and journalists have responded to his critique by putting their fingers in their ears and loudly proclaiming, "La, la, la, la, la." Join discussion...