by Beth | Jan 18, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Americans have been hitting the bottle…the water bottle, that is. Americans have mistakenly come to believe that water served in plastic is healthier than water out of the tap. (Actually, a governmewnt report shows that bottled water quality is less strictly... by Beth | Jan 17, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Homelessness can and must be ended. But to do so requires a paradigm shift that says that American ideals of basic economic and social justice are too big to fail. It requires saying that we will not tolerate homelessness in America. It requires a commitment to the... by Beth | Jan 15, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The key to alleviating world hunger, poverty and combating climate change may lie in fresh, small-scale approaches to agriculture, according to a report from the Worldwatch Institute. “If we shift just some of our attention away from production to consumption... by Beth | Jan 8, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Got some bicycles rusting in your basement?  It could could have a second life as a water pump, grinder, or nut sheller. In fact, it could help these folks grind 3,000 pounds of corn a day in rural Guatemala. Using cast-off bikes from the United States and... by John Freund, CM | Dec 29, 2010 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Test your expertise with our interactive quiz about poverty in the US from the website Halfinten.org by John Freund, CM | Dec 28, 2010 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
“When poverty is defined as living on $1.25 or less a day, about 40 percent of both Ethiopians and Uzbekistanis are considered poor. But by multidimensional measures that capture living standards, almost 90 percent of Ethiopians live in poverty, while only a...
