Doom and gloom abound today, as the U.N. reports there are 1 billion hungry people in the world. [AP] 49 million of them apparently reside in the US, according to the latest government report, released today. As is always the unfortunate case, children seemed to bear the brunt of this suffering. The report found that [...]
Posts Tagged ‘poverty’
More People Going Hungry Everywhere
Posted in Health, The End of the World, tagged child hunger, economic crisis, poverty, world hunger on 11/16/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Number Of Uninsured In The U.S. On The Rise
Posted in Economy, Health, Homelessness, Jobs, The End of the World, tagged poverty, ugh, USA! on 09/10/2009 | 2 Comments »
The Census Bureau released its annual report today, offering yet another sobering glimpse into the effect of the recession on American households during 2008. According to the findings, in the first full year of the recession, the number of Americans without health insurace rose to 46.3 million, or 15.4 percent, driven primarily by a decline [...]
Low-Wage Workers Often Cheated By Employers
Posted in Education, Jobs, tagged Economy, Jobs, poverty, prejudices, racism, sexism, studies, wages on 09/02/2009 | Leave a Comment »
A comprehensive new study found low-wage workers are routinely denied proper overtime pay and are often paid less than the minimum wage. The study surveyed 4,387 workers (39% illegal immigrants, 31% legal immigrants, and 30% native-born Americans) in various low-wage industries, including apparel manufacturing, child care and discount retailing.
Communism Defeated by TP
Posted in Stuff, tagged communism, Cuba, Economy, hurricanes, poverty, toilet paper on 08/10/2009 | 1 Comment »
Oh noes! It appears Cuba is on the verge of a toilet-paper crisis. Those poor, pink Cubano tushes! The state-run company that manufacturers the country’s supply has warned that the economic crisis, combined with a series of devastating hurricanes has left it unable to guarantee it will be able to produce or import sufficient supplies [...]
Here Read This:
Posted in Economy, Racisms, tagged assault on the black middle class, Economy, inequality, Kai Wright, mortgage crisis, poverty, racism, Reccs on 08/06/2009 | Leave a Comment »
An excellent and troubling article “The Assault on the Black Middle Class”, penned by author Kai Wright. It details first-hand how the sub-prime mortgage debacle inordinately disaffected people of color, and provides historical context and examples of the insistent racial divide that defines land-ownership, wealth, and class in this country. [The American Prospect: The Assault [...]
Sexism In Medical Care
Posted in Health, Sexist, tagged health care, poverty, sexism, women on 07/30/2009 | Leave a Comment »
In a NY Times op-ed piece, Nicholas Kristof discusses maternal mortality, and the systematic inattention of our society towards reproductive health care, particularly when those who suffer and perish are impoverished, voiceless women (in this case, in Pakistan). He posits the following, which I’d like to make today’s thought for the day: “If men had [...]
Big Tobacco Heads To Africa
Posted in Traveling to the Foreigns, World News, tagged Africa, big tobacco, Economy, exploitation, Health, poverty on 07/29/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Time magazine is reporting that for tobacco companies, Africa is the next great – and unsold – frontier. With relatively few smokers, and increasing disposable income (thanks in part to the commodity booms the continent has experienced over the last couple of years), Africa is a perfect market/target for the greedy tobacco industry. “In Ghana, [...]
