What You Will Not Hear About Iraq
In occupied Iraq, the population living in urban slums has skyrocketed. Why haven’t we heard more about this shocking statistic?
Down and Out…in America
We have a long-term growth in income disparity between rich and middle-class, which has since been mostly obscured by the recent meltdown.
Will China Save the World from Depression?
China’s stimulus package is not likely to bail out either the Chinese peasants or the global economy.
Bridging the Climate Change Gap
The United States must help poor countries deal with the impact of climate change.
Book Review: ‘The Slave Next Door’
Slavery may have ended officially in the United States in 1865, but it has continued in practice to this very day.
Skewed Priorities
The approximately $4.1 trillion that the United States and European governments have committed to bail out financial firms is 40 times the money they’re spending to fight climate and poverty crises in the developing world.
Response to Poverty and Empire: Denial
The presidential campaign demonstrated the contemporary versions of institutionalized denial.
Free Film Event: The End of Poverty?
Please join us for the Washington screening of "The End of Poverty?" This daring film that takes a hard look at world poverty and challenges capitalism and the American way. In a world of plenty, why are so many families around the world still living in abject poverty? This is the question at the heart of this thought-provoking documentary by filmmaker Philippe Diaz.
The feature-length documentary — which won critical acclaim at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and is narrated by actor Martin Sheen — will be theatrically released in the U.S. in March 2009. It will be previewed in the Washington area as part of Stand Up Against Poverty, an international event to raise awareness about the plight of the poor. There will be time for discussion and questions after the film with Diaz and several poverty experts. The film will also be screened as part of the event in London, Morocco, Sao Paulo and Sydney.
Space is limited. Please RSVP to povertyfilmscreening@gmail.com.
A Memo to the Next President: Think Globally
The next U.S. administration needs to make the alleviation of global poverty a top priority.
Postcard from…Freetown
In countries like Sierra Leone, AFRICOM is definitely not the answer to Africa’s challenges.
Climate Equity Campaign
The Second Shockwave
The global economic crisis is just now hitting the developing world with devastating effects.
Laos: Power Trumps Reform
Without political reform, Laos will continue to be mired in debt and poverty, argues Ronald Bruce St John.
The World Bank and Fossil Fuels: A Clear and Present Danger
The World Bank group can damage many aspects in sociey as well as climate using its fossil fuels favored way to tackel global warming