Andrew Gumbel writes about the widening poverty gap: The number of Americans living in severe poverty has expanded dramatically under the Bush administration, with nearly 16 million people now living on an individual income of less than $5,000 (£2,500) a year or a family income of less than $10,000, according to an analysis of 2005 […]
Author Archives: Scott Hughes
No poverty in Africa by 2015?
In a recent GNA feature, Hannah Asomaning says: Imagine a world where there is no poverty, there is basic education for everybody, respect for human rights, equal rights and opportunities for men and women and all the goodies one can wish for. There would be no crime, pain, hunger and anguish as seen in some […]
Killed by Poverty in a World of Plenty
Elizabeth Schulte writes about people being killed in a world of plenty: EVERY MINUTE of every day, 13 children die around the world of hunger and malnutrition. That’s the finding of the United Nations World Food Program (WFP). Its latest report shows that 18,000 children die each day–or 750 each hour–of malnutrition and its related […]
Poverty’s True Face
Jesse Jackson recently wrote an article in which he says America has a poor excuse for poverty. He writes: We glimpsed misery in America during Katrina, as the poor were stranded in the storm. But those shocking pictures were misleading. America has a growing poverty problem, but it doesn’t look like New Orleans. Most poor […]
Hunger Forums Post Contest – Win $40
The Hunger & Poverty Forums are currently having a post contest in which you can win $40. March Post Contest – Win $40 At the Hunger & Poverty Forums we’re having a contest. The poster with the most amount of posts by the end of March wins $40! (Second place gets $20, and third gets […]
Homelessness: A Solvable Problem
A recent America Magazine editorial addresses homelessness: While most people think of homelessness in terms of single men, roughly a third of the homeless population is made up of families, many of them headed by single parents. Families represent an especially vulnerable segment of the homeless population because of the presence of children. Advocates for […]