Poverty – Page 29 – People's World

Walking with the poor

February 13, 2015 By Rev. Jim Conn

"The poor you have with you always." Jesus is said to have spoken these words, but he certainly didn't mean that his followers should aim to keep it that way.

Time to save the children

February 4, 2015 By PW Editorial

Solutions are possible. Much will depend on whether the political will can be mustered. That will depend on mass struggle.

Wealth concentration report blasts hole in right-wing policies

January 30, 2015 By Stewart Acuff

We are headed to a world where just one percent of the population own and control more than all the rest of us combined.

The limits of charity

December 11, 2014 By Rev. Jim Conn

I believe in charity, but it is no substitute for government resources and policies. That's why I urge people to support change agents.

Buried in the back garden: families priced out of decent burials

December 10, 2014 By Luke James

UK families have been forced to bury loved ones in their back gardens amid an upsurge in "paupers' funerals" caused by rising costs and grant cuts.