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Basic Needs

In the Eye of the Storm: Remembering the Most Vulnerable

Tamar Birckhead | Posted 01.02.2013 | Impact
Read More: Natural Disasters, Poverty, Food Stamps, Hurricane Sandy, Basic Needs, Hurricane Sandy New York, Impact News
Tamar Birckhead

Consistent with human nature, our interest soon faded. As we resumed our regular activities, the media began another news cycle -- focusing on the election results, the next nor'easter, a celebrity marriage or the latest grisly murder. It is unfortunate but inevitable.

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Good News: More Americans Can Afford Food, Medicine

Loren Berlin | Posted 04.24.2012 | Home
Read More: Food, Access to Basic Needs, Americans, Housing, Gallup, Medicine, Basic Needs, Home News

In another sign that the economy is recovering, Americans' access to basic goods and services is improving, according to a new Gallup survey. The ...

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Mall Santas Curb Children's Expectations To Reflect Faltering Economy

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 11.30.2011 | Business
Read More: Job Market, U.S. Economy, Video, Consumer Confidence, Santa, Black Friday Shopping, Unemployment, Black Friday, Wages, Christmas Gifts, Christmas, Santa Claus, Jobs, Christmas Shopping, Basic Needs, Business News

With so much economic uncertainty weighing on Americans this holiday season, even Santa Claus has to hedge a bit. Prospective Santas at the Charles...

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Nearly Half Of All Households Lack Basic Economic Security

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 11.22.2011 | Business
Read More: U.S. Economy, Video, Earning Gap, Income Inequality, Third World America, Gender Wage Gap, Wider Opportunities for Women, Wage Stagnation, Economic Security, Wage Gap, Hispanics, African Americans, Basic Needs, Economic Insecurity, Business News

There are certain basic costs that every household runs up -- food costs, medical expenses, utility bills. And almost half of all Americans are in dan...

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More Than Half Of All Americans Didn't Go Out To Eat Last Year: Census Bureau

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 12.21.2011 | Business
Read More: Hunger, Video, Dining, Dining Out, Income Inequality, Restaurants, Hunger in America, Disposable Income, Food Insecurity, Food, Eating, Wage Stagnation, Basic Needs, Business News

More than half of all Americans say they've recently gone a year without dining out, in what may be one of the clearest reflections yet of how the lis...

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Even Wild Dogs Protect Their Packs

Tony Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Health Insurance, Healthcare Reform, Dignity, Basic Needs, Haiti, Healthcare, Productivity, Politics News
Tony Schwartz

The most basic reason for guaranteeing universal health care is that we encourage a primitive, survival-based world when we fail to meet otherwise productive people's most basic needs.

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Philanthropy and the Economic Crisis

Georgia Levenson Keohane | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Social Welfare, Harlen Childrens Zone, Poverty, Social Contract, Tiger Foundation, Philanthropy, Economic Crisis, Non-Profits, Charitable Giving, Pri, Stimulus, Rockefeller Foundation, Goldman Sachs, Peter Singer, Ford Foundation, Bonus, Economic Recession, Heron Foundation, Julian Robertson, Strategic Philanthropy, Blue Ridge Foundation, Giving, Safety Net, Basic Needs, Socially-Useless, Foundations, Alesina, Glaeser, Impact News
Georgia Levenson Keohane

This week and next I am a guest blogger at The Center for Effective Philanthropy. My posts address philanthropy and the economic crisis, and include ...

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Down and Out in Los Angeles

Dylan Kendall | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Hollywood Arts, Homeless Youth, Homelessness, Basic Needs, Healthy Living News
Dylan Kendall

My work has led me to question whether our current understanding of "basic needs" does little more than sustain the problem of homelessness, rather than solve it by creating empowered individuals capable of managing their own lives.

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