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Be That Woman
Everyday Citizen | November 21st 2009 by Everyday Citizen
The Washington Area Women's Foundation, in partnership with RP3 Agency, produced this video depicting the tough circumstances women confront far too often, especially in urban centers like Dallas. But the story doesn't need to end there. Investing read more
The Shocking Reality of America
Discover The World | November 21st 2009 by Nidhi
To date it is rare to see a news report, movie, radio show, or even people talking about poverty or the poor in the US. Even if they speak about poor people it is spoken in comparison with poorer... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websit read more
Bloganthropy: Help me support the Christmas Exchange
PhD in Parenting | November 20th 2009 by Annie @ PhD in Parenting
The Christmas season usually creeps up on me. Slowly, but surely, over the course of the month of November I see more decorations, hear more Christmas songs, see more advertising and get invited to more seasonal events…just as the kids start to read more
What's in your community?
Everyday Citizen | November 20th 2009 by Everyday Citizen
I forget how easy it is to do a good deed. And I forget how meaningful those good deeds can be. Last night we had our monthly Parent Academy. Soup and sandwiches are provided through an organization that comes each week. We try to over-estimate our n read more
Your Scooter Means You’re Poor
womanistmusings | November 20th 2009 by Renee
Each day I interact with the public, I learn something new about dealing with my disability. At first, I thought that I would only have to learn the new changes and or limitations of my body, but it quickly became apparent that with an obvious read more
Today's Reality Check: Child Labor
Curly Girl Chronicles | November 20th 2009 by Curly Girl Glass
"Sweatshop boys: Twenty years after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights, Bangladeshi kids are still working in factories like this balloon workshop in Kamrangir Char. While fewer youngsters are dying and more are going t read more
Black Caucus Sends A Strong Message To Obama Admin..."What A…
BlackPoliticalBuzz | November 20th 2009
Black Caucus blocks Wall St. voteMembers of the Congressional Black Caucus threatened to oppose a key financial regulatory reform bill Thursday over unrelated economic concerns, forcing Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank to yank his bill befor read more
CrossRoads United Methodist Church Can’t Feed the Poor
jordoncooper.com | November 20th 2009
The city rules that an Arizona United Methodist church can’t feed the poor on their property as the city rules that giving away a free pancake breakfast one day a week constitutes a city feeding program. First of all I can’t believe that gi read more
3 Causes of Poverty-The Napkin Investors
Love Kingdom Ministries | November 20th 2009 by matthew CHOMBA
The messiah told a parable during his earthly ministry as thus: A certain noble man went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy til read more
Economic Crisis Is Getting Bloody
luckyrooster | November 20th 2009 by David
From Alternet Violent Deaths Are Now Following Evictions, Foreclosures and Job Losses By Nick Turse, AlterNet In 2007, Jason Rodriguez was fired from his position at an Orlando, Florida engineering firm and ended up taking a job as a “sandwich read more
Two Men
Everyday Citizen | November 20th 2009 by Everyday Citizen
One flying home in his blind rush, Agendas whirling, Time demanding, Wheel in hand, Thinking of lunch and after, Work, football, family, obligations, Weary with the constant press. One limping along with one concern, Eating something, A next meal's read more
US Hunger Rises Food Shortages
The World According To Dr Castro | November 20th 2009 by Dr. Martha Castro, MD
Click for LARGER image Undoubtedly, the US population is getting poorer and hungrier as the financial recession deepens, and as a consequence of this, more people go to bed hungry. The United States Department of Agriculture has released new data tha read more
India’s UID project – discussion needed
Bourgeois Inspirations - Blog about India, the state and the… | November 19th 2009 by Ruchi Gupta
On November 13th, Wikileaks released the confidential working paper for India’s UID number project. The paper discusses UIDAI approach and provides high level numbers for enrolment, costs etc. In its ideal implementation, there are many benefits read more
The Upside of Fear: How One Man Broke the Cycle of Prison, Povert…
Antin’s Popular Health Issues | November 19th 2009 by Sri Ariantini
ISBN13: 9781608320004 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Click here to view our Condition Guide and Shipping Prices Product DescriptionWinner of the 2009 New York Book Festival’s award in the Biography/Autobio read more
closing the sukuma kenya chapter
Sukuma Kenya | November 19th 2009 by Dipesh Pabari
It's taken me a few months to think this through and now its thought... It's time for Sukuma Kenya to lay to rest. I believe it has done more than what it was originally set out to do when we started this almost two years ago. It began one not-so-fi read more
What's Your Poverty Footprint?
Yipe.org | November 19th 2009 by Fiona Mwende
A recently published report titled "Oxfam Poverty Footprint: Understanding Business Contribution to Development" poses serious questions - even for youth entrepreneurs operating micro-businesses. In fact, we would go so far as to say that the nascen read more
Food Insecurity aka Hunger
Forever in Hell | November 19th 2009
hunger, food insecurity, america, poverty,1 in 7 Americans suffer from food insecurity, which I think is what we're calling hunger these days.I know I am, what about you?I go to the grocery store and salivate over things like fresh fruits and vegetab read more
Artic Monkeys Release Second Single For Oxfam
Look To The Stars - Celebrity Charity News | November 19th 2009 by Steve & Myrlia
Written by Delinda Lombardo The Arctic Monkeys have released their 10-inch vinyl single, ‘Cornerstone,’ exclusively through Oxfam’s charity shop, with all proceeds going towards fighting poverty. Exclusive to Oxfam, the second singl read more
The Recession and Reverse Remittances
PAP Blog | November 19th 2009 by filip spagnoli
I’ve discussed the negative effects of the current economic recession on human rights several times before on this blog. I’ve focused on the right not to suffer poverty, because that’s obviously one human right that is particularly read more
World Poverty Rate Plummets
Free Market Mojo | November 19th 2009 by Ariel Goldring
Mark J. Perry, who now blogs at the Enterprise Blog, has posed on an article by Kevin Hasesett titled “The Poor Need Capitalism.” Pointing to a new NBER study, “Parametric Estimations of the World Distribution of Income,” Hasesett wri read more
Pengembangan produk baru CPM - CLAY
Cross Project Ministry | November 19th 2009
Berawal dari pemikiran dari rekan kami, Ester, tentang perlunya CPM untuk mengembangkan produk baru. Ya.. tidak dapat dipungkiri, kalau CPM ingin tetap exist, kami perlu memikirkan pengembangan produk baru. karena organisasi yang sama yang telah me read more
World Toilet Day
The Project | November 19th 2009 by Cory Maxwell-Coghlan
Today is World Toilet Day. Yep, you heard correctly. Why? Reason #1: Because 2.5 billion people worldwide are without access to proper sanitation, which risks their health, strips their dignity, and kills 1.8 million people, mostly children, a year. read more
Ethiopian/African Poverty can be a state of mind!
Ethiopian mind | November 19th 2009 by ethiomind
For us human beings there is one element that we have control over, it is our ability to think what we choose to think. Whether we live under a strong hold, a dictator, a free world or under an impoverished state of life, we can think what we wan read more
Does slavery exist today?
Chorlton Park Year 2 blog | November 19th 2009 by Jack Sloan
This is a question that lots of us in 2JS have been thinking about. It is a hard question to answer. John and Sam put it very well. This is what they said: JOHN: Even though the slave trade was abolished in 1865, some people are still forced to work. read more
The Practical Gentleman’s Guide to Urban Insolence no.8
Toronto City Life | November 18th 2009 by Patrick B
Warmest welcome once again, dear reader! It’s so nice to have the pleasure of your company for another instalment of the Guide. I do hope that life has treated you kindly and that during the odd times when it hasn’t that you’ve had some opportu read more
For poverty reduction, RP gets a $405 million loan from World Ban…
UP Ibalon Bicol | November 18th 2009 by andygimpaya
To lessen the incidence of poverty and hunger, the World Bank (WB) makes available a $405 million loan for the Philippines to support projects that will alleviate the impoverished condition of about... You are part of the growing UP Ibalon Web Commu read more
Friedman embraces “E.T.” as solution to energy problems
openmarket.org | November 18th 2009 by Khue
Thomas L. Friedman’s op-ed in the NYT today could have been written by Paul Krugman. And that’s not a compliment. Friedman, like Krugman, waxes hysterical about those who are opposing the cap-and-trade energy bill - those “deni read more
Poverty and Participation in the Media is now available to buy o…
The Spectacle Blog | November 18th 2009 by Mark
Poverty and Partcipation in the Media is now available to buy on DVD from the Spectacle Catalogue page. Poverty and Participation in the Media is a participatory media project examining how the media treats poverty and those affected. Looking at oppo read more
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