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Valerie Jarrett: Prioritizing Low-Income Families and Creating Pathways to Opportunity for All Americans

2012-05-31T18:18:33Z

The outcome of the debates between the president and Republicans in Congress matters. The direction we choose will affect the lives of poor children in the Bronx and throughout our country. We owe it to them to be clear about the choices we face.

Read more: Poverty, Bv-Politics, Barack Obama, Black Voices News

Maurice Lim Miller: Investing in Homegrown Solutions

2012-05-31T18:05:40Z

If our sector would pause to learn from the families that are overcoming the odds, we would find impressive and powerful solutions involving relationships between friends and neighbors--not expensive professional interventions -- that are already having an impact.

Read more: Economic Mobility, Torchlight Prize, Low Income, White House Council for Community Solutions, Poverty, Philanthropy, Impact News

Paul Clolery: Charities Must Do More To Get Message Out

2012-05-31T15:14:15Z

When are those single mothers going to learn that they need to get a third job to get themselves and their children out of poverty? Maybe if that guy ...

Read more: Mr. Magoo, Ebenezer Scrooge, The Salvation Army, Poverty, The NonProfit Times, Charity, Impact News

Michele Somerville: Cardinal Dolan's Blackmail For Jesus: The Empire Strikes Back

2012-05-31T12:00:58Z

If Timothy Dolan is to be believed, he's ready to sacrifice the poor -- many of whom are elderly, juvenile, disabled and infirm -- in Christ's name, for the greater good of wining the war against contraception.

Read more: Campaigning for Mitt, Usccb, Timothy Dolan, Cardinal Dolan, Catholic Charities, Catholic Church, Poverty, Roman Catholic Church, Catholic Social Justice, Contraception, Vatican, Religion News

UNICEF Report: U.S. Child Poverty Second Highest

2012-05-30T20:02:42Z

Can government spending lift poor children from poverty?

A new report from UNICEF suggests it's possible. The latest edition of UNICEF's report on ...

Read more: Poverty, United States, Global Motherhood, Unicef-Report-Card-10, Slideexpand, Breakdown, UNICEF USA, Child Poverty, UK Poverty, Video, United Kingdom Poverty, Poverty Gap, Thebreakdown, Romania, UNICEF Report, Gordon Alexander, Unicef, Canada Poverty, Impact News

Nadia Gomos: How Can a Homeless Person Be Obese?

2012-05-30T18:05:50Z

A study recently found that a third of the U.S homeless population were obese. That seems contradictory; how can obesity happen in people who live on the streets and have limited access to food?

Read more: Poverty, Homelessness, Homelessness Obese, Healthy Food Access, Poverty Obesity, Homeless Obesity, Impact News

Marcelo Giugale: A Latin Solution to an African Problem

2012-05-30T17:08:48Z

Direct cash transfers can be more than a smart way to deliver social assistance. In fact, they may provide Africa with a neat solution to its most urgent problem: how to handle its massive commodity bonanza.

Read more: Corruption, Alaska, Commodities, Equity, Latin America, Africa, Social Inclusion, Poverty, Direct Dividend Transfer, World News

Ruth Messinger: Our Current Global Food Crisis and How We Can Feed 17 Million More People

2012-05-25T16:28:28Z

This year during Shavuot, the Jewish holiday which marks the end of the harvest, I am reminded of my commitment to alleviate hunger.

Read more: Shavuot, Farm Bill, Africa, Food Aid, Book of Ruth, American Jewish World Service, Hunger, Poverty, Judaism, Religion News

Obama Administration Says 'No' To Global Health Fund For Developing Nations

2012-05-25T08:36:24Z

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration has alarmed global health experts by opposing a new international fund that would fight disease in the developi...

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Arianna Huffington: The Inspirationals: Jeff Skoll, Doubling Down on the Things That Work

2012-05-25T08:08:14Z

The Edmonton Journal recently called Jeff Skoll "the greatest Canadian you've never heard of." But, in fact, Skoll, beyond being the first president of eBay, has been a pioneer in the world of cutting edge philanthropy. Here is my interview with him.

Read more: Slideexpand, Jeff Skoll, Education, Poverty, Nuclear Weapons, Skoll Global Threats Fund, International Development, Skoll World Forum, The Inspirationals, Interview, Global Threats, Impact News

Elizabeth Boleman-Herring: Letter From a 'Nouveau Pauvre'

2012-05-24T17:02:10Z

Until very recently, I was one of the unemployed-no-longer-looking-for-work, but I have changed that status. I apply for positions here and there: positions that might earn me a little gas money, but certainly not pay my health insurance.

Read more: Yoga, Robert Frost, Poverty, New Jersey, Greek Debt Crisis, Poetry, Middle Class, Austerity, Culture News

Joel John Roberts: Startling New Stats About Homelessness And Obesity

2012-05-24T13:09:01Z

How can people struggling with an impoverished life on the streets, not even knowing when or where their next meal will be, also battle with obesity? How can hungry homeless people be fat?

Read more: Fat, Whole Foods, Richard Simmons, Hunger, Poverty, Obesity, Homelessness, Third World America, Overweight, Impact News

New York Charity Educates, Empowers Children Of South Asian Working Class

2012-05-24T12:35:30Z

NEW YORK–Like a number of charities in the United States, South Asian Youth Action (SAYA) seeks to help needy South Asian children, but not in some ...

Read more: Raj Venkataramani, Udai Tambar, South Asian Youth Action, Sayu Bhojwani, Poverty, Pappudu Sriram, Barnard, Jehangir Mehta, United States Census Bureau American Community Survey, New York, New York University, Impact News

Jason Wojciechowski: Bono, Occupy And The Challenge Of Following The Jesus Of The Oppressed

2012-05-24T12:24:22Z

We should commend his service and giving for social good just as we might the activist, but none of this should shadow the reality that poverty and injustice exist because of an unjust system that favors victors with spoils and curses the less fortunate with misery.

Read more: Tony Campolo, Poverty, ONE Campaign, Occupy Wall Street, Jesus, Bono, Charity, Occupy Faith, Philanthropy, Christianity, Religion News

Randy Turner: Mitt Romney and the Fierce Desire for Educational Change

2012-05-24T11:48:02Z

As a teacher who has students write research papers on the American Civil Rights Movement, I was stunned to find out that I am on the wrong side of the great civil rights issue of our time. It has to be true. Mitt Romney says so.

Read more: Education News, Nea, Poverty, Crime, Educational Reform, Charter Schools, Merit Pay, Mitt Romney, Standardized Tests, Public Education, Education News

Jeffrey P. Colin: Media, Poverty and a Lack of Concern

2012-05-24T10:34:09Z

As far back as 2008, members of the progressive advocacy community who focus on poverty were decrying a lack of coverage of rising poverty levels by the media. Since that point, the problem has gotten much worse.

Read more: Violence, Egypt, Tunisia, Media, Romney, Candidates, Gangs, Obama, Election, Unrest, Poor, Poverty, Economy, Greece, Media News

Voto Latino: Tavis Smiley & Cornel West Challenge Poverty in New Book

2012-05-24T08:05:47Z

Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornel West, recently released a new book called "The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto", which challenges our assumptions about poverty. I got a chance to listen in on a teleconference with Smiley earlier this month, and here are 10 things you need to know about the book.

Read more: Tavis Smiley, Cornel West, Poverty, Books, Latino Voices News

Suzanne Skees: NOT Like Mother, Like Daughter

2012-05-22T18:30:39Z

A Mother and her daughter's values clash in rural northern India. Is this what happens to teenagers everywhere, or does living in extreme poverty exacerbate these issues?

Read more: Family Dynamics, Poverty, Microenterprise, Agriculture, Ultrapoor, Upaya Social Ventures, India, Samridhi Dairy, Teenagers, Uttar Pradesh, Impact News

Richard Abrons: The Poor

2012-05-22T18:22:11Z

We hear constantly... Oh, it is dinned into our ears... what our two major political parties are going to do for the middle class. The middle class, t...

Read more: Poverty, Food Stamps, US Census Bureau, Census-Poverty, US Poverty, Middle Class, Census Poverty, Santorum-Gingrich-Obama-Food-Stamp, Census-Poverty-Data, Politics News

Kristi York Wooten: Bono, Facebook And The Challenge Of Following The Jesus Of The Poor

2012-05-22T16:19:15Z

Regardless of how much cash Bono's crew made off the Facebook offering, we shouldn't blame him for investing smartly.

Read more: Bono, Elevation Partners, Jesus Christ, Facebook IPO, Christianity, Hunger, Facebook, Poverty, Religion News

David Vognar: Reducing Crime Through Policing and Employment

2012-05-22T15:56:38Z

Until creative ideas are revisited to target the people in America most subject to chronic unemployment, policing efforts alone are unlikely to do much besides temporarily stop the bleeding.

Read more: Chicago Police Department, Poverty, Unemployment, Crime, David M. Kennedy, Rahm Emanuel Police, Chicago Crime, Chicago Crime Rate, Rahm Emanuel Crime, Chicago News

Laura Stepp: No One Solution to Reducing Teen Pregnancy

2012-05-22T13:28:26Z

Reducing poverty and teen pregnancies are not mutually exclusive goals. We should be looking for more solutions that do both.

Read more: Teen Pregnancy, Teen Sex Education, Contraception, Birth Control, Poverty, Sex Education, Impact News

Algernon Austin: Latinos And The Good Jobs Crisis

2012-05-22T07:54:19Z

If Latinos are to fully recover from the ravages of the Great Recession, they will need not simply jobs, but jobs that lead to increased earnings over time and that also have good benefits. In short, they will need what we call "good jobs."

Read more: Latinos, Poverty, Good Jobs, Income Inequality, Retirement, Wages, Health Insurance, Hispanics, Unions, Latino Voices News

Reverend William E. Flippin, Jr.: Thou Shalt Not Live By Street Food Alone

2012-05-21T11:28:40Z

Just like Jesus, you and I know what it's like to be tempted. We know what it's like to have a hunger for something we want, something that others might say we need, but that we know will serve only to distract or derail us.

Read more: Dominican Republic, Social Justice, Child Hunger, Jesus, Helping the Poor, Scripture Study, Scripture Commentary, Gospel of Matthew, Christianity, Poverty, Christian Social Justice, Religion News

Joel John Roberts: Charity Impossible: Do America's Charities Need Rescuing?

2012-05-20T16:58:11Z

Somehow, the social good charities that have an amazing ability to transform America's hurting people need help in creating brands that attract the eye of America's donors. We need the Robert Irvine of charities to help create a make-over in this changing new world.

Read more: Apple, Twitter, Poverty, Homelessness, Third World America, Ucla, Robert Irvine, Darwinism, Impact News