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Orlando Homeless Win Big Victory in Federal Court
City ordinance that limited size of homeless feedings linked to gentrification effortsBy Jay D. Jurie / The Rag Blog / September 27, 2008 ORLANDO — The City of Orlando, in keeping with corporate dominance by theme park and other business … Continue reading
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Tagged Federal Courts, Homeless, Human Rights, MDS, Orlando, Poverty, SDS
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Why Do We Get It Wrong All the Time Now?
New Orleans residents gathered at an evacuation pick-up station in the Seventh Ward prior to Gustav’s landfall. Photo: Richard Perry/The New York Times‘Never Again,’ AgainSeptember 20, 2008 Hurricane Gustav gave the state of Louisiana a test for which it had … Continue reading
"Equal Opportunity": Just Another Fairy Tale
A note of appreciation from the richBy Author Unknown / September 21, 2008 Let’s be honest: you’ll never win the lottery. On the other hand, the chances are pretty good that you’ll slave away at some miserable job the rest … Continue reading
Times are Hard and Tent Cities Are on the Rise
Mack Martinez, 19, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, smokes in front of his tent at the tent city that sprung up next to the homeless shelter in downtown Reno, Nev., Wednesday, June 25, 2008. Photo by Scott Sady / AP.‘From Seattle … Continue reading
Why Can We Not Do Something About Poverty?
Kabul street childrenWorld poverty ‘more widespread’By Steve Schifferes / August 27, 2008 Tackling global poverty requires both public and private investment The World Bank has warned that world poverty is much greater than previously thought. It has revised its previous … Continue reading
Call Your Senator About the Global Poverty Act
The Global Poverty Act: The Most Important Bill You’ve Never Heard Ofby Caroline Schley Hopefully you’ve heard of the Global Poverty Act. If not, here’s 30 seconds worth of sounding enlightened at the water cooler: The Global Poverty Act, written … Continue reading
India : On the Front Lines of the Global Food Crisis
The courtyard of the home where I stayed.Things that go bump in the nightBy Mira Kamdar / August 4, 2008 JAITU, FARIDKOT DISTRICT, India—Wrapped in a musky blanket under a fan that was frantically trying to beat the air free … Continue reading
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Tagged Food Crisis, Green Revolution, Hunger, India, Poverty, The World
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Turning the American Dream Into Cold Cash
Jennifer Marcoe holds the opal ring she received on her first Mother’s Day. The ring is one of the treasures the family has had to pawn in order to make ends meet after husband Richard was laid off. The family … Continue reading
Afghanistan: Peace Without Justice Is Meaningless
Street Scene in Kabul“Bleeding Afghanistan”: Interview with Sonali KolhatkarBy Mike Whitney / July 31, 2008 I think the primary goal of the war was always vengeance, but the neocons also wanted to pave the way for an attack on Iraq. … Continue reading
U.S. Sadly Lags Behind in Human Development
The sad state of American health care was strikingly depicted by Michael Moore in “Sicko”.US slips down development indexAmericans live shorter lives than citizens of almost every other developed nation, according to a report from several US charities. The report … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Health Care, Human Development, Poverty, Standard of Living
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Oaxaca : Indigenous People Saying ‘NO’ to Migration
The FIOB is a political organization of indigenous communities and migrants, with chapters in Mexico and the U.S. It advocates for the rights of migrants, and for the right not to migrate — for economic development which would enable people … Continue reading
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Tagged Human Rights, Immigration, Indigenous People, Mexico, Migration, Poverty
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Summit That’s Hard to Swallow
Hungry? CLICK on menu to enlarge.World leaders enjoy 18-course banquet as they discuss how to solve global food crisisBy James Chapman / July 8, 2008 Just two days ago, Gordon Brown was urging us all to stop wasting food and … Continue reading
