Truthout
Poverty
|
Sipping Champagne on the Titanic: Twenty Billionaires Own More Than the Bottom Half of Americans
How can there be so many billionaires so self-absorbed in their greed that they cannot see the suffering that surrounds them?
|
When Government Was the Solution
A small city of Stevens Point is an argument for what government can do when it is committed to serving the needs of the common people.
Poverty Swept Under the Red Carpet in the Philippines
Manila's street dwellers are everywhere, because crushing poverty in this country of 100 million people remains rampant.
|
Families Live Jammed Into Chinatown Rooms in San Francisco
Chinatown is one of San Francisco's poorest, densest neighborhoods.
|
World’s Poorest Countries Allowed to Keep Copying Patent-Protected Drugs
Despite some criticisms, the WTO's decision to extend the waiver should be praised.
|
Hillary Clinton Woos Coal Communities
Coal companies say government programs won't replace their high-paying jobs.
Texas Women Are Already Inducing Their Own Abortions; Will the Supreme Court Worsen This Trend?
A new study's findings on self-induction in Texas show what is at stake in the first Supreme Court abortion case in nearly a decade.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Climate Change Could Push Millions More Into Extreme Poverty, and More
If we don't strengthen our fight against climate change, 100 million more people may be pushed into extreme poverty within the next 15 years.
Broken Promises: More Seniors Work Deep Into Retirement
Today, 10 percent of the nation's seniors live below the federal poverty line.
Henry A. Giroux | Youth in Authoritarian Times: Challenging Neoliberalism’s Politics of Disposability
Young people today are forced to inhabit a world where childhood is nonexistent, but a different future is possible.