When asked about how Barack Obama recently said that rap musicians should reform their lyrics, Russell Simmons said, “What we need to reform is the conditions that create these lyrics. Obama needs to reform the conditions of poverty. I wish he really did raise his money on the Internet, like he said. I wish he […]
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Homelessness in the US: Underfunded
Naomi Spencer writes about homelessness in the United States: While statistics do not capture the real social dimension of homelessness in the United States, new data confirm that the homeless face increasing brutality, criminalization and neglect. But like the growing poverty population, the suffering of the homeless population finds no meaningful reflection in the budget […]
Christian Charities Blow the Whistle
Christian Charities in the UK demand government address poverty: “Keep your promise to the poor” – that was the challenge from Christian charities to the UK Government at the launch of the Blow the Whistle campaign in Westminster this week. World Vision Chief Executive Charles Badenoch said that the Government could have taken moral leadership […]
No Obligation To Give
by Scott Hughes A few weeks ago, my grandmother told me about the veterans’ charities that asked her for donations. She told me that she regularly gave to a specific veterans’ organization, but that other organizations continued to solicit her. She asked me, “if I give to one, I shouldn’t be obligated to give to […]
Am I Happy Democrats Took Congress?
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 […]
Welfare Won’t Work
by Scott Hughes Do you remember 9/11? I cried. 2,819 people died in the 9/11 attack on the Twin Towers [1]. 16,000 children die every day from hunger [2]. That’s about one child every 5 seconds. No doubt we have to end hunger, especially childhood hunger. This terrible horror plagues the whole world, not just […]