by Beth | Sep 13, 2003 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Poverty: daily staple of Philippine society By Gemma Tulud Cruz MANILA, Philippines — Run-down houses … dusty roads … travel by boat to the next barangay … intermittent power cutoffs …These are the sights that greeted me when I visited...
by Beth | Sep 12, 2003 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
In order to be able to rent at fair market value a two-bedroom unit in San Jose, Calif., renter must earn $35.02 per hour. In San Francisco, CA, Stamford-Norwalk, CT, Oakland, CA, Boston, MA-NH, Nassau-Suffolk, NY, Westchester County, NY, Washington, DC-MD-VA, one...
by Beth | Sep 1, 2003 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Homelessness in the Boston, MA area from the perspective of Sister Maureen Lynch who works at Pine Street Inn Her hand trembled as she struggled to sign the scrap of paper on the front desk. Her steps unsteady, she turned to drop it into the bucket. Eyes glazed over...
by Beth | Aug 20, 2003 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
As part of his installation homily Archbishop Sean O’Mally used the following brief story about a the painful consequences of not understanding a different culture .When I was a young priest at the Centro Catolico in Washington, a Salvadoran refugee came into my...
by Beth | Aug 19, 2003 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The National Coalition for the Homeless has a web site rich in resources. Among the practical type pages you can find tips on what to do if you think you will be homeless in a few days, or in a few weeks. The site is worth a visit http://www.nationalhomeless.org. The...
by Beth | Aug 18, 2003 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
TIm Williams provides some interesting perspective on private health care in Australia.CANBERRA, August 15, 2003 (cha.org.au): Today’s release of the latest private health insurance statistics reveals the steady decline in the share of payments to hospitals since the...
