Tag: Middle

It’s time to get down with this question, does Kenya have a middle class? If it exists, how big is it, and what are its prospects? Depending on who you ask, people provide many answers to the middle-class question. The World Bank, for example, ranks Kenya as a lower-middle-income nat...

It’s actually Tak-Wah (pronounced “duck wah”). My immigrant parents chose the name — which means “broad virtue” in Cantonese — so I wouldn’t forget my heritage. Not that I needed the reminder growing up. My black hair, short stature, and funn...

In the latest war of this conflict, the paramilitary wings of Hamas launched a terrorist attack on October 7, 2023 in which they murdered, mutilated, raped, and kidnapped innocent civilians in Israel including those at a music festival. The death toll was over 1,000 people and has been labeled as on...

The idiom goes “home is where the heart lies”… but let us not forget a flourishing heart is only achievable when the home is attainable. The housing crisis and affordability issue has been a major cause of concern for many, especially young people. While a problem not just spec...

It’s probably not the first place people think of when they are considering their favorite place in the world. It’s busy. It’s loud. It’s expensive… very expensive. And it’s in Israel and carries all the baggage that goes along with that —the politics, the ...