In a speech she gave Friday to mark the 40th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Hillary Clinton called for the creation of a new Cabinet-level position, a "poverty czar," an idea King's son advocated in a recent ...
19 Nov 2008
NOVEMBER 2008 (IPS) - From 29 November to 2 December 2008 in Doha, Qatar, the Monterrey Consensus on Financing for Development will be reviewed. It should be an opportunity to establish the foundation for a more inclusive and democratic international ...
19 Nov 2008
India is exploring space while millions of its citizens live in poverty. ("India's first lunar probe sends back images," Nov. 15). The Indian lunar mission is mapping not only the surface of the moon but what lies beneath. India plans to follow this ...
19 Nov 2008
The latest 'end to poverty' forum put on by River City Vineyard was once again a success. The event attracted 55 people, many of whom know first hand what it's like to be penniless. They told stories of privation that few in Sarnia-Lambton can relate ...
19 Nov 2008
Pretend activist & capitalist scum Bob Geldof charges $100,000 to talk about poverty in Melbourne Anti-poverty campaigner Bob Geldof charged $100,000 to go to Melbourne and give a speech about world suffering. Geldof, 54, spoke about the tragedy of ...
17 Nov 2008
Read 209 times. The Killer Eggplants are coming…they should arrive in 2009. I’m joking, of course. But Science Daily News reports that scientists have developed a newer genetically modified eggplant, which is now in the testing phase and so far ...
17 Nov 2008
Rachel DeLazzer A poverty action group asking the provincial government to commit to reducing poverty by 25 per cent in five years will present in Hamilton tomorrow.
20 Nov 2008
A group of Grand Rapids residents are helping change the way the state legislature looks at poverty.
20 Nov 2008
Paul Biya's story of poverty is like a fantasy tale. To tell it, one has to dispense with logic and scientific reasoning and imbibe that spell of magical and mystical consciousness. Biya has ruled Cameroon as his demesne. He is the god of "providence", so to speak.
20 Nov 2008
On November 16th, yoga practitioners from Calgary participated in OneYoga--a 108-minute yoga event to raise money to help end extreme poverty.
20 Nov 2008
The Canadian Press TORONTO - A report to be released today is expected to suggest that poverty costs Ontario $38 billion a year, or about $2,900 per household.
20 Nov 2008
The adverse effects of climate change will hit the UK hard with increasing food prices pushing more people into food poverty, delegates will be told at a conference on climate change and health organised by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH).
20 Nov 2008
The Uselessness of the “Official Poverty Rate”. by Will Wilkinson on November 20, 2008. Nicholas Ebertstadt is a must-read. discussion by DISQUS. Add New Comment. You must have JavaScript enabled to comment. ...
20 Nov 2008
Daily Local Ontario newspaper, news for Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
20 Nov 2008
POVERTY20 Nov 08. Posted by M. Wright | Filed in: Social Security. I’m not an accountant or an investment broker, and I’m not particularly skilled in mathematics. Just consider this a thought experiment. ...
19 Nov 2008
10-2008, hotly-contested legislation that would have allocated $1000 to co-sponsor two Poverty Week events with Volunteer Services Board, was tabled in the Budget and Finance committee. Sen. Pro Temp Joel Henretty said the VSB found ...
19 Nov 2008
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19 Nov 2008
The Miami Hurricane, student newspaper of the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, since 1929.
19 Nov 2008