The archbishop of Canterbury warns of more riots

The archbishop of Canterbury has warned that England risks a repeat of the riots that spread across England this summer unless the government and civil society do more to "rescue those who think they have...

Changing Attitudes Toward the Less Wealthy

A Russian writer wrote that in Russia, there are two kinds of people: Smart and mean; and stupid and kind. In America the situation is fairly more complex. There are plenty of stupid and mean people, such as the majority of skinheads, gangsters and Nascar Republicans;...

What's Wrong With Africa, that Makes Me Sick!

I have written a hard-hitting analytic research article on Kenya, a country with a GDP of more than US$66 billion, a population of more than 41 million, with per capita GDP of just about US$1,600, unemployment rate at more than 40%, and the percentage of the population living...

Sharp rise in demand for food handouts from poverty-stricken

Food charity FareShare sees a 20% rise in demand, much of it from people hit by unemployment and benefit changes. Britain has seen a sharp increase in the number of people unable to afford to feed themselves at...

Week Of Fallen Heroes in San Francisco. Live On, Good Spirits!

 Shots of Togetherness & Life at Eric Quezada's Memorial held at the Horace Mann Middle School yesterday, in the Mission District (Sunday, September 25, 2011).A very large crowd of family, friends,...

Social impact bonds

Help for "victims" Victims may claim they have been “blighted by crime and poverty.” Some victims may not have the resources to even make the claim. Someone else must do it for them. Who or what inflicts the...

Entertaining the Masses in Developing, Poor Countries

The cramped offices of Toper, Macedonia’s leading publisher of reference works, are a shrine to the book. Thickset tomes – mainly translations from the English – are strewn everywhere. The proud owners show us their latest crop: two beautifully bound, quality paper...

Poor Man's Price, Rich Man's Price: Differential Pricing

By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" In April 2002, the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Norwegian Foreign Ministry, and the US-based Global Health Council held a 3-days workshop about "Pricing and...

Bush's Eugenics Society- 33 State Boards Sterilized Children

         Today, the offspring of these Bastard Eugenics groups (headed by George Bush, Sr.) are using new techinques to make it too expensive for poor people to have...

The Morality of Child Labor

By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" From the comfort of their plush offices and five to six figure salaries, self-appointed NGO's often denounce child labor as their employees rush from one five star hotel to another, $3000 subnotebooks and...

Financial problems force mother to murder children and end life

An impoverished woman has killed both her children and ended her life in a pathetic incident in Polepalli village of Mahabubnagar district in Andhra Pradesh on Monday. According to information, Ranemma, the woman has poured kerosene on her five-year-old daughter and...

Breaking silos: Tuberculosis (TB) and poverty

Tuberculosis (TB) continues to affect society's most vulnerable - those who live in abject poverty, are marginalized or economically and socially isolated. The poor and vulnerable people are much more likely to...

Khartoum Under Fire Over IDP Camp Conditions

ICC prosecutors say situation is further evidence of an ongoing genocide campaign in Darfur. By Tajeldin Abdhalla, Assadig Mustafa, Katy Glassborrow, Simon Jennings - International...

Poverty in America

Is the government keeping track? " “The Census Bureau recently reported that the poverty rate in the United States rose to 14.3 percent last year, the highest level in more than 50 years.”" In 1960, what...

Strong TB control relevant when social determinant weak

One of the most adversely affected communities is at times least likely to seek care – as demanding care might have a price. "Relevance of strong tuberculosis (TB) control programmes is more when social determinants are weak" said Dr Ernesto Jaramillo from Stop TB...

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