I just read a very interesting article by Howard Husock about Charles Loring Brace’s work to help poor children in New York City. I had not heard much about Charles Loring Brace beforehand, but the article explains his life and the work he did in the 19th Century.
Most notably, Brace helped alleviate child poverty by […]
I doubt you would know this: I made my first post on this blog on July 12, 2006. Since then, I have made a lot of posts with a lot of information. I have expressed a lot of my opinions and explained a lot of my ideas. I have used this blog to take the […]
Over year ago, I posted the music video for the song Imagine by John Lennon. I love that song! It has inspired me to ask you to imagine some things today.
Imagine a world without overstocked grocery shelves or hungry children.
Imagine a world without war or religious violence.
Imagine a world without racism or nationalism.
Imagine a world […]
I just read a great commentary by Oliver “Buzz” Thomas in which he refers to education as a path out of poverty.
Basically, Thomas explains that we cannot use old methods to fight poverty in the new world. For example, basic charity and job-training does not work as effectively as it did a thousand years ago. […]
I just read a good article by Dean Calbreath in which he points out the failures in the national poverty line. Basically, he shows that elderly people have a higher cost of living than what the poverty line says.
For example, according to calculations from UCLA research, elderly people from San Diego generally need to spend […]
Today I get to post a list of links to relevant blog posts that I received this month. This is called a blog carnival. I plan to do one on the first of every month. Please bookmark this page right now so you can come back later and read more posts. Remember the following posts […]