I am not one to tree-hug or publicly tout for activism, but from time to time, I will come across something in my Web travels that stabs in a place I never knew existed. Today, I came across an article that spoke to the fact that almost 1/2 of Detroit's residents are functionally illiterate.  After sharing the story with a few of my friends and family, one of them turned me on to the situation in Benton Harbor - a current and modern day US city.  The video above says it all.  I still find it hard to believe that this could exist in a US city - today! I am beginning to further question priorities at home versus the billions spent offshore to show government global responsibility.  What about the responsibility government has to their own, at home.  It really is sad.