Poverty – Page 33 – People's World

Myths of capitalism: the myth of scarcity

August 14, 2014 By Scott Hiley

We are faced with a choice of who will pay to rebuild our infrastructure, educate our children, and transition to a green economy.

U.S. policy driving the children north

July 21, 2014 By Emile Schepers

The poverty and suffering of Guatemalans, and especially indigenous Guatemalans, is rooted in long term U.S. policy in the region.

U.S. trade policy linked to crisis at the border

July 9, 2014 By David Bacon

The mass migration of children from Central America has been at the center of a political firestorm over the past few weeks.

Children fleeing violence and poverty

June 30, 2014 By Rossana Cambron

Displaced children as young as 13 are leaving their homes in Central America in greater numbers than ever before due to violence from wars involving the cartels, gang initiations and or extortion.

#Bring our girls home

May 9, 2014 By Emile Schepers

A wave of revulsion has spread worldwide over the news of the kidnapping of young girls from a school at Chibok, in Borno State in Northwestern Nigeria by the violent Boko Haram sect.