Poverty

Wasn't It Also Obama's "Democracy Speech"?

Frances Moore Lappe | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Dialogue, Poverty, Hope, Lobbyists, Frances Moore Lappe, Democracy, Special Interests, Race, Barack Obama, 2008 Election, Politics News
Frances Moore Lappe

Obama implicitly reminds us, first, that democracy requires that we learn to hold competing truths simultaneously.

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The Social Determinants of Health

Merrill Goozner | Posted 03.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Health Insurance, Poverty, Race, Health Care, Inequality, Politics News
Merrill Goozner

Unless the nation grapples with what are the underlying causes of ill-health in this society, it will never get health care costs under control.

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Helping Low-Income Taxpayers Get Their Due

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Earned Income Tax Credit, Marian Wright Edelman, Child Watch, Child Poverty, Poverty, Low-Income, Working Families, Children's Defense Fund, Eitc, Politics News
Marian Wright Edelman

Great news: Within the thousands of pages of tax law lies a provision called the Earned Income Tax Credit that enables many working poor families to climb out of poverty.

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Where Are the Children in President Bush's Budget?

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 03.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Medicaid, Children's Health, Child Watch, Marian Wright Edelman, Budget, Schip, George W. Bush, Child Poverty, Poverty, Bush Budget, Federal Budget, Politics News
Marian Wright Edelman

Even a cursory analysis of Bush's spending proposal reveals a failure in many areas to construct a budget that protects the well-being of children in low- to middle-income families.

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Changing Our National Priorities

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 03.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Senate, Budget, Childhood Poverty, Poverty, Wealth, Rich, Wealth Gap, Top Income Bracket, Politics News
Sen. Bernie Sanders

During the Senate's consideration of the budget resolution, I will offer an amendment to restore the top income tax bracket to 39.6 percent for households earning more than $1 million a year.

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Hillary Clinton Denigrates Democratic Voters

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 02.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: The Audacity of Hope, Iraq, Hillary Clinton, Jon Stewart, Poverty, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Howard Wolfson, Kyl-Lieberman Amendment, Jon Stewart Larry King, Barack Obama Race, Race, Mark Penn, 2008 Election, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

There are pages and pages of "solutions" in Obama's writing and speeches, and the Clinton campaign should drop its desperate negative attacks and engage Obama's ideas.

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Global Poverty at its Worst: Mud Cookies in Haiti

Kimberly Green | Posted 02.19.2008 | Living

Read More: Project Medishare, Brad Pitt, Global Poverty Act, Poverty, Charity, Slums, Haiti, Angelina Jolie, Haiti Poverty, Global Poverty, Mud Cookies, Living News
Kimberly Green

If a Haitian woman knows a mud cookie, a bacteria-filled pastry, is not good for her then why does she eat it? The simple answer -- she has few options.

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Who Are Red Letter Christians?

Tony Campolo | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Scripture, Progressive Christians, Poverty, Evangelical Christians, Progressives, Red Letter Christians, Evangelicals, Religion, Progressive Evangelicals, Jim Wallis, Jesus Christ, Christmas, Jesus, Religious Right, Christianity, Religion and Politics, Faith, Spirituality, Politics News
Tony Campolo

We are trying to create a new movement that seeks to make faithfulness to Biblical Christianity an imperative for progressive politics.

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Why Isn't Poverty a Story?

Caryl Rivers | Posted 02.07.2008 | Media

Read More: Mainstream Media, Child Poverty, Poverty, Lifestyle Journalism, Media Coverage of Poverty, Affluence, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Infotainment, John Edwards, 2008 Election, Media News
Caryl Rivers

Coverage of food, fashion, furniture and high end housing eats up space. Late-breaking recipes trump stories about poverty.

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Senator Barack Obama Responds to the Open Letter

Deepak Chopra | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Democracy, Martin Luther King, Poverty, Climate Change, Civil Rights, Barack Obama, Politics News
Deepak Chopra

1. How do you view the importance of being open to welcome and to encourage a more inclusive political dialogue with those who may be at the margins o...

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Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton Responds to the Open Letter

Deepak Chopra | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Democracy, Hillary Clinton, Martin Luther King, Poverty, Climate Change, Civil Rights, Politics News
Deepak Chopra

Dear Mr. Simmons, Mr. Chopra, and Dr. Chavis: You know, as do Americans throughout our country, that the stakes in this election couldn't be higher....

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World Cancer Day: A Call to Action

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 02.04.2008 | Living

Read More: Lung Cancer, Hpv, Poverty, Smoking, Poverty and Health, Cervical Cancer, World Cancer Day, Poverty Cancer, Cancer, Tobacco, Health Care, Developing Nations Cancer, Living News
Susan Blumenthal, M.D.

Poverty is a carcinogen: lower education and income levels are linked to higher rates of cancer.

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The Clear Choice for John Edwards Supporters

Sam Sedaei | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, Clintons, Poverty, Mark Penn, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News
Sam Sedaei

I want to ask all progressives who have been supporting Edwards to take a serious look as Obama as he is now our party's best hope to inspire a new generation of leaders.

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Well Done, Thou Good and Faithful Servants

Jim Wallis | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Edwards, Economic Justice, 2008 Elections, Poverty, Faith, Politics News
Jim Wallis

John Edwards has championed the poor more than any white presidential candidate since Robert Kennedy did many decades ago.

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An Open Letter to John Edwards

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 01.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Edwards, John Edwards Drops Out, Poverty, 2008 Election, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

The news that you have decided to drop your candidacy for president turned an otherwise sunny day into a dark one for me, but we must all respect your decision.

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Edwards' Withdrawal is Our Loss and America's Loss

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 01.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Primaries, Poverty, Barack Obama, Presidential Race, John Edwards, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, Presidential Debates, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Edwards won't and shouldn't go quietly into the night. We still desperately need his voice and we should do everything we can to make sure that his voice continues to be heard.

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How To Write For WaPo, Say Silly Things And Get Paid!

Susan Madrak | Posted 01.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Big Pharma, Clinton, Poverty, Aids, Schip, Bush, Michael Gerson, Compassionate Conservative, Politics News
Susan Madrak

I read the Washington Post so you don't have to. Michael Gerson, former Bush speechwriter, writes today that Bush's proposals "would not have been the priorities of a Cheney administration."

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The Shameful State of the Union

Robert Weissman | Posted 01.29.2008 | Business

Read More: CEO Pay, Subprime Mortgages, Defense Spending, Poverty, Corporations, State of the Union, Business News
Robert Weissman

The concentration of wealth and income reflects a major shift over the last three decades in how the United States shares its earnings.

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Sam Stein

Bush SOTU: Bin Laden Mentioned Once, Pakistan Twice

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Poverty, Pakistan, Missing Words, Legacy, Bush, September 11, Change, Al Qaida, Bin Laden, Freedom, Katrina, Sotu, Bhutto, President Bush, State of the Union, Politics News

Sometimes, during a speech, what is left unsaid is more telling than the words uttered. This was certainly true during Monday night's State of the Uni...

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Lessons from Davos: Gates' Creative Capitalism can also Work at Home in the U.S.

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 01.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Microcredit, Poverty, Grameen Bank, Davos, Katrina, Globalization, Davos 2008, Hurricane Katrina, Bill Gates, Social Business, Creative Capitalism, Capitalism, Mohammed Yunus, Business News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

What a truly amazing thing it is that we are finally thinking globally, and that true globalization is now understood also as acting locally.

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Davos 2008: Bill Gates' Creative Capitalism and Muhammad Yunus' Social Business

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 01.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Microloans, Grameen, Microcredit, Poverty, Creating a World Without Poverty, Trickle Down, Davos, Davos 2008, Bill Gates, Social Business, Creative Capitalism, Capitalism, Entrepreneur, Mohammed Yunus, Business News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

That Davos, the meeting place of the wealthy and powerful, should include themes spoken at conferences populated more by NGOs than executives means that the war has indeed been won.

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A False Brand of Hope: Obama's Chicago Approach

Christine Escobar | Posted 01.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Election 2008, Barack Obama, Poverty, Illinois Primary, Chicago Voters, February 5th Primary, John Edwards, Home News
Christine Escobar

Obama expects voters to readily conjure a connection between the words and deeds of admired historical figures and his own mere candidacy as instinctive proof of his lead.

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I Have A Dream (A John Edwards Press Conference)

Susan Madrak | Posted 01.11.2008 | Media

Read More: Issues, John Edwards, Politics, Democracy, Poverty, Chris Matthews, Media, Media News
Susan Madrak

(At front of hotel ballroom, ELIZABETH EDWARDS taps the podium mike.) ELIZABETH: Is this thing on? Oh good. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for comi...

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A Leader With a Clear Vision for Our Future

Kate Michelman | Posted 01.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Edwards, Women, 2008 Election and Gender, Poverty, Naral, Women and Poverty, 2008 Election and Women, 2008 Election, Gender, Politics News
Kate Michelman

There is no one more dedicated to the issues most important to women. Edwards' commitment is based on where women are: in poverty, lacking health care, in low wage jobs.

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Political Earthquakes

Jim Wallis | Posted 01.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Change, Democrat, Poverty, New Hampshire Primary, Iowa Caucus, Mike Huckabee, Iraq War, Republican, Election Year, Barack Obama, Religion, Religion and Politics, 2008 Election, Politics News
Jim Wallis

Both are "religious" candidates. Obama is virtually a public theologian; Huckabee is actually a former Baptist pastor who can out-preach, out-charm, and out-Bible almost anyone.

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