Poverty Video and Articles

Mexico's Slim Becomes 'World's Richest'

11 Mar 2010

…50 million of Mexico's 107 million people live in poverty, defined as not having enough money to meet housing, transport, education and other normal expenses. Extreme poverty — defined as not having money to buy enough food… ...

Less Stimulus for Minority Firms

08 Mar 2010

…60 percent minorities. "If we can't get on these jobs," he said, "we can't hire our people from our community, so poverty and drugs and crime and unemployment and welfare become habitual." His company has done a small amount of weatherization… ...

US Sees 'Explosion' of Extremist Groups

05 Mar 2010

…Thursday. The number of active "Patriot" groups nearly tripled last year to 512 from 149 in 2008, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks the activities of hate groups. Some 127 of those groups were paramilitary militias, up from 42… ...

Al Qaeda Growing in Strength in North Af

01 Mar 2010

…African nations of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Mauritania. As a result, the U.S. has been working to boost poverty-stricken Mali's defenses. Last year, the U.S. gave $5 million in new trucks and other equipment to its security forces… ...

Suit: immigrant health cuts wrong

25 Feb 2010

…is the core of the 2006 law. Commonwealth Care provides subsidized insurance to those earning up to three times the federal poverty level. The cut was estimated to save the state about $130 million a year. Legislative leaders said they had little choice… ...

Bali-Hoo: U.N Still Pushing for Global E

25 Feb 2010

…perpetuating and exacerbating persistent poverty and distributional disparities." The new green…
…with the U.N.'s traditional anti-poverty agenda — which also involves huge investment…
…governance turgidly puts it: "eradicating poverty, changing unsustainable patterns of production… ...

Kim Jong Il Turns 68 Amid Health Questio

16 Feb 2010

…authority. There are concerns that his sudden death would trigger instability and a power struggle in a country staggered by poverty and economic woes. His declining health has forced him to hasten the process of handing over power, Cheong said. Kim has… ...

South Africa Marks 20 Years of Nelson Ma

11 Feb 2010

…destruction of anti-colonial wars elsewhere in Africa. Since 1994, his ANC party has reduced the number of people living in poverty, built houses and delivered water, electricity and schools to blacks who had been without under apartheid. But needs remain… ...

Americans Charged with Taking Haiti Kids

05 Feb 2010

…biggest... child protection crisis we've seen," she added. About 40 percent of children were already living in great poverty and some 300,000 were living in orphanages before last month's quake crippled life in the capital Port-au-Prince and… ...

Duluth Anchor Quits Job to Help in Haiti

28 Jan 2010

…But Pearce says her true love is medicine. She recently traveled to Belize to help their people. “It was shocking to see poverty up front and personal and walk into national geographic magazine,” said Pearce. When she came back to the anchor desk… ...

Man Survives Haiti Quake With iPhone App

22 Jan 2010

…thanks to a medical application installed on his iPhone, AFP reported Thursday. Dan Woolley was making a documentary about poverty in Port-au-Prince when last week's devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck, trapping him in the ruins of his… ...

Worshippers Urged Not to 'Sanitize' King

19 Jan 2010

A scholar and activist invoked the fiery side of Martin Luther King Jr.'s rhetoric Monday at the civil rights icon's church, urging the audience not to "sanitize" King's legacy or let the president off the hook on issues like poverty. ...

Haiti: Where will all the money go?

15 Jan 2010

…difficulty as foreign governments and charities try not only to help Haiti recover from the disaster but pull itself out of abject poverty. It is one of the poorest places on Earth. Most basic public services are lacking, people typically live on less than… ...

Links to Verify Haiti Charity Efforts

14 Jan 2010

…organization's main focus is to fight global poverty, specifically by empowering marginalized…
…assistance to victims of disasters and poverty. To donate, go to irteams.org or call…
…supplies to those in the midst of disaster or poverty. Monetary donations will go to supporting… ...

Red Cross: 3M Affected by Haiti Quake

13 Jan 2010

…said Oxfam America’s Director of Humanitarian Response Michael Delaney. "Given the severity of this earthquake and the poverty of the country, our response will be long term." Scientists said the earthquake was along a well-known fault line and… ...

Battle Brewing Over Hanging Laundry

11 Jan 2010

…the hang-up is," she said. Brace added that some people associate using clotheslines with being poor. "It indicates poverty if you hang out your wash," Brace said of the stigma attached to the practice. While hanging laundry does save money, it… ...

US, UK Close Yemen Embassies

03 Jan 2010

…been tied down battling two separate internal rebellions in the north and south. The various conflicts and the country's poverty and lack of resources have raised fears that instability could deepen. Located at the tip of the Arabian peninsula, Yemen… ...

Yemen Beefs Up Military Presence

02 Jan 2010

…participant" in the conference. He said the gathering should address "all aspects" of the terror issue, including the widespread poverty and underdevelopment that Yemeni officials say fuels al-Qaida's spread in the country. "Whoever wants to build Yemen… ...