by Isabelle A. Harman http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art45515.asp Excerpt: The disproportionately high levels of poverty found in many developing countries became the catalyst needed to create a formal process to help citizens of these states develop a means to earn an income. Traditional lending institutions have not been readily accessible to many of these people (particularly women). This […]
Category Archives: Politics and Commentary
Fight Non-Violent People or Feed Hungry Children?
I don’t mean to mini-rant here, but… Which would you do: fight non-violent people or feed hungy children? I’m an anarchist, so I advocate small government (and theoretically the eventual elimination of government all-together). Accordingly, I believe the solution to social problems such as hunger need to come from private means, not governmental ones. So, […]
The Method To End Hunger
by Scott Hughes Hunger’s a beast of a problem. 15 million children die from it every year. Even in the United States, 14 million children are food insecure. The facts keep going like that. Off the top of my head, I could probably spit out enough facts about hunger to make you cry. I’ve got […]
Eurocentrism in U.S. History
I recently received a news story from my friend, D.J Pine, about a push by minority communities for more complete and inclusive American History. Here’s a short excerpt: American students often get the impression from history classes that the British got here first, settling Jamestown, Va., in 1607. They hear about how white Northerners freed […]
Causes of Hunger related to Poverty
In a world of plenty, huge numbers of people go hungry. Hunger is more than just the result of food production and meeting demands. The causes of hunger are related to the causes of poverty. One of the major causes of hunger is poverty itself. There are other related causes (also often related to the […]
Hunger Reading List
For those with an interest in hunger, poverty, and the social science thereof, I’ve compiled a list of books and reading materials. You can easily buy any of these books from Amazon instantly, so I recommend you get one, two, or a few. Here’s the list: The World’s Banker by Sebastian Mallaby World Hunger: 12 […]