Fighting Poverty

Living On One Empowers U.S. Students To Fight Global Poverty

Julia Cashen | Posted 05.04.2012

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U.S. college students, Chris Temple and Zach Ingrasci, take us on a journey into the realities of poverty as they live on a dollar a day in Guatemala in their documentary Into Poverty: Living on One Dollar.

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Why Everyone Should Celebrate Jim Yong Kim's Election as President of the World Bank

Leslie Gerwin | Posted 04.27.2012

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This is a moment for Americans to recognize what Dr. Kim's work teaches us -- economic health depends upon healthy people and healthy communities.

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Want to Fight Poverty? Give Someone a Stage

Keith Weissglass | Posted 04.11.2012

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Ask a young person today, "How can you make the world a better place?" Few will reply, "Go to business school!"

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WATCH LIVE Today: How Education Can Help Fight Poverty In America

Posted 03.26.2012

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At 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, Mark Shriver, head of U.S. programs for Save the Children, will address middle and high students across the country in a...

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Rich, Greedy And Blessed: God Wants To Save Us, Too

Christopher Cocca | Posted 10.01.2011

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The truth is that many Western Christians could give a full tithe to their churches and a full second tithe toward the eradication of extreme poverty without losing much of our lifestyle.

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How the Economists Facilitated the Crisis and Must Now Be Held Accountable

Stephen Zarlenga | Posted 08.07.2011

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With rare exceptions, those in control of the world's monetary/economic agenda and the theories supporting it have helped bring the world to its knees. Shouldn't they and their theories be held accountable?

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Fighting Poverty: The Jesus We Serve, Or Deserve?

Ray Waddle | Posted 05.25.2011

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An easy temptation is to feel overwhelmed by poverty's pain and persistence. Yet thousands -- millions -- of people are fighting for solutions, wasting no time on the indulgence of defeatism.

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Honoring the Dead: A Military Son's Christian Proposal for Peace

Rev. Donald Heckman | Posted 05.25.2011

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From the perspective of my faith and my experience, poverty and oppression are the real core of conflicts in our world today. They are the Petri dish of terrorism and insurgencies.

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The Tale of the Tape: Child Almost Gets Left Behind

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 05.25.2011

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The way to ensure no children get "left behind" isn't more cash to schools, it's more resources to people.

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Natalie Portman on Her New Role: Giving Women Hope

Marianne Schnall | Posted 05.25.2011

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In this exclusive interview, Natalie Portman talks about her work for FINCA International, how she balances her activism with her career as an actress, and her advice on making a difference.

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