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Poor Policies on Poverty
Miss Wagstaff Presents... | 20 hours ago by Pippa Wagstaff
The impact of government policy in reducing poverty in Wales in the past 12 years has been “at best marginal”, a leading anti-poverty adviser has claimed.In an essay entitled Still Living on the Edge? published in the University of Wales Press ac read more
This Week with Henri Nouwen - Meeting God in the Poor
Dream Awakener's New Blog | 22 hours ago
When we are not afraid to confess our own poverty, we will be able to be with other people in theirs. The Christ who lives in our own poverty recognises the Christ who lives in other people's. Just as we... read more
GLOBAL RECESSION HEADING INTO ROLLING DEPRESSION
Real Liberal Christian Church - Christian Commons | August 20th 2008 by Tom Usher
The idea right now is that wages are staying low, so there isn't inflationary pressure coming from people demanding higher pay to handle the inflation that is there. On account of this, the Federal Reserve is not raising interest rates yet. They are read more
poverty
Enlightenment | August 19th 2008 by Terry Anan
Over the years, I've managed to reduce my debts to a couple of student loans and a pretty recent car payment, after driving my previous car for ten years. I rent someone else's basement for dirt cheap, and other than my cell phone and broadband, I do read more
Inclusive Business: Helping Fight Poverty
Political Rogue- Unconventional Politics | August 19th 2008 by Czecho
Inclusive Business is not a new idea but it is an idea that is hopefully taking off. With the global agenda now including socially conscious issues like global warming and climate change, the folks involved with this idea are hoping that “Socia read more
Shakira Wins Humanitarian Award
Look To The Stars - Celebrity Charity News | August 19th 2008 by Steve & Myrlia
Written by Tim Saunders Colombian pop star Shakira proved hips don’t lie when she received an ALMA award on Sunday for the humanitarian work she has been doing for Latin America’s impoverished children. The American Latino Media Arts awards read more
Reality Is Real And How To Survive Life
A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY ON PLANET EARTH | August 19th 2008 by Vivi-Mari Carpelan
I spent several years at the University of Helsinki in the 90s learning about the basic nature of reality being an illusion, but at the end of the day I learned nothing whatsoever of any use. Life was still the same. I was hoping I could arrive at so read more
Stars Sell Hand-Me-Down Maternity Wear
Look To The Stars - Celebrity Charity News | August 19th 2008 by Steve & Myrlia
Written by Tim Saunders Anybody in the market for a new set of clothes should head over to www.clothesoffourbacks.org to pick up some hand-me-downs from the stars. The Isabella Oliver Celebrity Maternity Fashion Auction has just kicked off to brin read more
Resident Evil 5 | Tapping into white people’s greatest fears
GrottoBlog | August 18th 2008 by GrottoBombr
There are plenty of “horror” games on the market. Just like Hollywood producers, game developers go into a frenzy anytime they smell a formulaic chance at $$. This go round though it appears Capcom did their research. Ingredients read more
Get Ready for Blog Action Day
Green Blog | August 18th 2008 by noone123
On October 15th the second Blog Action Day will occur. Last year bloggers united for the environment. This year’s topic will be poverty. The new campaign was launched last Friday but already now over 2000 blogs with an audience of over 3500000 peop read more
Miscellaneous Links #4
Asian-Nation :: Asian American History, Demographics, &… | August 18th 2008 by C.N. Le
Here are some more links out that have come my way relating to Asians or Asian Americans. As always, links to other sites are provided for informational purposes and do not necessarily imply an endorsement of their contents: Campaign Site of Sue Ch read more
Did the Housing Bubble Hide the (Already Increased) Level of Pove…
EconomPic Data | August 18th 2008 by Jake
The Brookings Institute takes a look at concentrated working poverty:The study defines the concentrated working poverty rate as the share of low-income tax filers (those receiving the Earned Income Tax Credit, or EITC) living in communities where at read more
Forum post of the day: Born with a plastic spoon
More Death Knight news and clarifications | August 18th 2008 by jeems
Filed under: Leveling, Making money, Alts, Forums, Forum Post of the DayAside from players that are bitter because they missed out on Recruit-a-Friend benefits, is there anything wrong with this program. Kuahs of Kil'jaeden has encountered problems read more
Blog Action Day 08: Give Life
The Pursuit of Excellence | August 17th 2008 by Miguel
One of the first and significant blogging lessons I learned about being a member of the blogosphere over the past six, maybe seven months was that blogging is about giving or offering value to the blogosphere. Ultimately, it’s about helping people read more
Obama’s Path to the Presidency Could Run Through Scioto County,…
ObamaElectionWatch | August 17th 2008
It might be a good idea if Obama no longer declines when a local woman offers him the pride of her cuisine, such as a home-cooked sugar bun dripping in cream. When they speak of the term Appalachia, people are usually thinking of West Virginia, Kentu read more
Oxford University Raising Aspirations for Young People?
The (late) Breakfast Society for Youth Participation Workers | August 17th 2008 by Mike Amos-Simpson
In low income areas that is. In what the Observer calls a ‘controversial move’ Oxford University will guarantee an interview for young people that have achieved good enough grades and that live in a deprived area. The University will take read more
The Challenge of Proving Dr. Yunus Wrong
Expanding Dr. Yunus' Sphere of Influence | August 17th 2008 by Sabine K McNeill
Dr. Yunus writes that institutions have failed us in their delivery regarding development and the alleviation of poverty. At St. James’s Church he said that governments are notoriously slow. But poverty begins at home: in the UK I have not onl read more
For Those Who Would Change the Wind
Everyday Citizen | August 17th 2008 by Everyday Citizen
"But while they prate of economic laws, men and women are starving. "We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature. They are made by human beings." Franklin D. Roosevelt 1882-1945 President 1933-1945 read more
I’m in are you?
farouqtaj | August 16th 2008 by Farouq Taj
I became aware of Blog Action Day last year through the ‘blogosphere’ when the environment was selected as the subject. This year the subject is Poverty and I want to be a part of it and would encourage others to join. The aim is quite si read more
Read to Feed
Lovely Lissie's Reflections and Ruminations | August 16th 2008 by Melissa
I ran across this on Craftzine and just had to share. Cindy at Skip to My Lou is offering up the fave reads of crafters and a little craft as well. All of this reading and crafting is helping to support the Read to Feed program at Heifer Internatio read more
The Social Trap
A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY ON PLANET EARTH | August 16th 2008 by Vivi-Mari Carpelan
I think it is rather obvious that victimhood rules the planet. However, many spiritual people like to come down on people who they feel are victimizing themselves, while in reality it may be that there are great lessons to be learned from a state of read more
Madonna and adoption
Anti Adoption | August 16th 2008 by Gershom
So i’ve read a couple of articles about how she has supposedly been trying to bribe ($$$) an uncle and grandmother of this girl so that they will allow Madonna to adopt her. Of course the press and public are having a field day with it. Everyo read more
The Business Case for Ending Homelessness
Everyday Citizen | August 16th 2008 by Everyday Citizen
For a moment, forget the poorest of the poor. Well, don't forget these folks, just shift your focus of concern for a moment from the human side of the challenge to the financial realities, to the costs of homelessness to any community. As we contin read more
2000 Verses
power of suggestion | August 15th 2008 by Charles Jones
There’s a movement afoot (how often do you get to use that word?) whose leaders like to repeat a particular statistic over and over. I’ll pause and let you try to figure it out, as you list everyone who fits this description in your hea read more
Oprah Special Report: Inside the Lives of America's Poor
A Guy's Guide to Oprah | August 15th 2008
Status: RerunOriginal Air Date: 10.12.05I am very fortunate to have grown up in a family that was, for all its faults and dysfunctions, fairly financially stable. However, after my parents parted ways, there were many times where my mom would so eloq read more
More hardworking families forced into foodbanks
Frog Blog | August 15th 2008
We have more than our share of beneficiary bashers here at frogblog. They just love to point out how all those ‘bludgers’ are bilking them out of their hard earned dollars. This is a deluded viewpoint. While there is no doubt that some be read more
A Man and His Community: Do We Really Get It?
Everyday Citizen | August 15th 2008 by Everyday Citizen
I'll just call him "Mr. B." He's been living in an apartment out in North Dallas that we've been able to provide him, thanks to a funding stream from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Like all of our tenants in "Destinatio read more
Cusco and the Bambini di Peru
While Stocks Last | August 15th 2008 by Brendan Lawlor
Remember the Black Babies? If you are of a certain age (and perhaps Irish) then you will remember being told as a child that the Black Babies were starving in Biafra and you should be ashamed of yourself not eating the delicious meal that your mother read more
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