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Why is India Hungry?53

Why is India Hungry?

India is the country in the world where most people are affected by malnutrition and hunger. What are the reasons for this and why is it so hard to eradicated poverty in India?

1 comment    food india poverty
The SPLC's Assault on the Term 'Cultural Marxism'59

The SPLC's Assault on the Term 'Cultural Marxism'

Cultural Marxism is a term applied loosely and broadly by the right to just about all reformed Marxist ideas concerning the culture of capitalist societies.The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), in its “Intelligence Report” for the summer of...

0 comments    pc tea party conservatives
Baby Blue66

Baby Blue

A poem about babies and what kind of world they've come into

20 comments    love baby war
Childhood Poverty73

Childhood Poverty

Joaquine Martinez is ten years old. He lives in Capulin Colorado and shares this room and bed with his 11-year-old brother, Eli Jr. Four year old Jasmine lives in a large Kentucky farm house with her family. In hopes of being a rock star someday,...

6 comments    health care poverty illness
Cancer (Poem)65

Cancer (Poem)

Been searching for an answer How can we cure Cancer? Children starving, desperate to eat We don’t have enough to feed Young man beaten to death Should have gone to school instead Teenage girl living in pain Looking numbly at the blood stain...

9 comments    love children poem
How Did America Lose Common Sense?84

How Did America Lose Common Sense?

I share an office with another person. He had several employee guest sitting around his desk a few day's back and they were talking about purchasing Facebook stock. They all dabble in the stock market and have the money to do it on a regular basis....

21 comments    government obama poverty
The Cycle Of Poverty: How Some Poverty Alleviation Methods are Designed to Fail85

 videoThe Cycle Of Poverty: How Some Poverty Alleviation Methods are Designed to Fail

It is not very hard to find someone living in poverty in any part of the world. It is also not very hard to find some sort of poverty alleviation project in any country. But doesn't that fact make you ask the question, "If there are so many programs aimed at getting rid of poverty, how is it that the number of poor people are constantly rising?" The answer is simple, many of these poverty alleviation strategies were designed to fail. They are based on hand-outs and short-term goals.

2 comments    poverty cycle of poverty
Occupy a Living Wage74

Occupy a Living Wage

Think people can manage on minimum wage earnings think again. It may be harder than you think!

3 comments    homelessness minimum wage
Our Veterans69

Our Veterans

Homeless vets need more than a holiday. They need understanding.

0 comments    poverty veterans ptsd
Poverty in Zola's "L'Assommoir"79

Poverty in Zola's "L'Assommoir"

L’Assommoir is a nineteenth century novel, written by Emile Zola, that paints a picture of urban life in the slums of Paris. The novel tells the story of Gervaise, a woman who comes full circle through the different levels of poverty. It is a story that shows how poverty can control, trap, bring down, and eventually kill a person.

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