…according to the USDA report, more than 35 million people were living in households that are “food insecure.” That means 12 percent of the U.S. population didn’t get enough to eat for at least part of last year.
According to the report, things got even worse for those who are worst off. The number of people […]
The suburban poor outnumbered inner-city counterparts for the first time last year, with more than 12 million suburban residents living in poverty, according to a study of the nation’s 100 largest metropolitan areas released today.
“Economies are regional now,” said Alan Berube, who co-wrote the report for the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank. “Where you […]
A recent article on ProgressiveU.org points out a main factor in world hunger, the destruction of food:
If all food produced worldwide every year was counted, there would be enough to feed double the world’s current population. So why is it that 36 million people die of malnutrition every year? World hunger is a vast and […]
The below is a letter written by Nelson Mandela, of whom I am a great admirer.
While poverty persists, there is no freedom
BY NELSON MANDELA
khaleejtimes.com
7 November 2006
[I have posted the poem he mentions, From the Republic of Conscience, below]
IN JOHANNESBURG, this week, in the warm company of friends, like Nadine Gordimer, I became an Amnesty International […]
The tiny island nation of Sao Tome is about to unlock the wealth from an estimated 11 billion barrels of oil from the seabed beneath those same Atlantic waters. The government says the oil is the answer to this country’s grinding poverty.
Too often, in too many places across Africa, oil has only fomented despotism and […]
by Scott Hughes
“The 4.8 pounds of grain fed to cattle to produce one pound of beef for human beings represents a colossal waste of resources in a world still teeming with people who suffer from profound hunger and malnutrition.” -Jim Motavalli
When studying the factors involved in world hunger, many overlook meat production and consumption.
I turned […]
Global expenditure on “defense” [sic] has crossed the 1,000 billion US dollar mark and is still rising. The peace dividend of the end of the Cold War does not seem to have had the desired effect on global defense spending after showing some promise in the initial post-Cold War years, said an Indian minister here […]
Am I happy that Democrats took control of congress? Hell no. Democrat politicians are just as bad as Republican politicians. They’re both owned by special interests. They both support bigger government. Just like the Republicans, the Democrats aren’t going to solve any of our problems; They’ll just make them worse. The Democrats do such things […]
Former Marxist revolutionary Daniel Ortega was headed back to power on Monday in a presidential election 16 years after Nicaragua’s voters ousted him to end a brutal civil war with U.S.-trained Contra rebels.
Ortega’s almost certain victory was a blow to Washington and reinforces an anti-U.S. alliance in Latin America led by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
Ortega, […]
Global Citizenship
by Scott Hughes
My favorite philosopher, Diogenes The Cynic, first said, “I am a citizen of the world.” He wanted people to recognize him as a human being and not by his geographic origins or some other trivial grouping.
I like to take that philosophy and apply it to the concerns and problems of our contemporary […]