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Poverty
Rich Getting Richer as the Poor Crawl Slowly Out of Poverty
After winning the inequality championship for so long, Latin America could become a trendsetter when it comes to equality. Other changes will show whether it is just a passing …
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Working Cambodian Women “Too Poor” to Have Children
This fundamental right is being trampled by insecure labour contracts, toxic working conditions and a near-total absence of maternity benefits for working mothers.
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Lawsuit: Low-Income Students Assigned Too Much “Work Experience” or Free Time Instead of Classes They Need
Suit against California says “work” periods, other problems, rob kids of instructional time.
Why Don’t the Unemployed Get Off Their Couches? And Eight Other Critical Questions for Americans
As the United States slips from its status as the globe's number one economic power, small numbers of Americans continue to amass staggering amounts of wealth, while simultaneously inequality …
Redefining Democracy in California: An Interview With Luis Rodriguez
When the state works for the poor, the working class, the neglected and pushed out, it works for all of us.
What Is The New Populism?
This economy does not work for working people. This isn't an accident. It isn't an act of God.. It is a power grab.
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Poverty Is a “Foreign Country” on the American Screen
Can we admit that poverty is as American as apple pie?
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Hearing the *Ping* of Poverty – or Not
Steeped now as we are in a plutarchic imaginary, poverty is a ping that if you hear, you do not want to pursue.
Global Jubilee Movement Meets Pope Francis
Pope Francis welcomed members of the global Jubilee movement to the Vatican on Wednesday.
Pressure Mounts on Johns Hopkins To Pay A Living Wage
At the world-renowned Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, the wages of many of the workers, including 15-year veterans, qualify a family of four for food stamps.