Rural Poor

India's Tata Group Launches Inexpensive Water Purifier For The Masses

AP | ERIKA KINETZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Water-Purifying, Tata Group, Tata Motors, India, Global Poverty, Child Poverty, Waterborne Diseases, Ratan Tata, Rural-Poor, Business News

MUMBAI, India — At about two feet tall, it may turn out to be the world's most compact revolution: The Tata Swach, launched Monday, is a water p...

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The Monkey's Pawn: Monkey Misery Outshines Human Misery in Louisiana's Delta

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Animal Rights, Human Rights, Louisiana, Rural Poor, Fema, Mary Landrieu, Hurricane Recovery, Media Bias, Congo, Media News
Georgianne Nienaber

While the NYT signals that all is well in Congo because the mountain gorilla is well fed, a woman places her newborn baby on a tattered piece of cloth covering a bed of grass on lava rock.

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