Poverty
World Cup musings: word from the Edge
June 25, 2010Encouraging of football lovers to come to South Africa for the games has opened up a new window into the world.
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Poor People’s World Cup stresses South Africa’s anti-poverty fight
June 23, 2010The Poor People's World Cup in Cape Town, organized by the Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign, aims to highlight the province's struggle against poverty and homelessness.
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Your mailman searches for the ghosts of Tom and Joe
June 14, 2010Today a young couple with two kids told me a sad story: they are giving their house, a house they had built just eight years ago, back to the bank.
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World Notes: Palestine, Cuba, Japan, Uganda, Costa Rica
March 30, 2010Palestine: Israel wins "water wars" The Israeli Human rights group B'Tselem took March 26, the UN designated International Water Day, as underscoring Israeli control and use of 80 percent of the water from West Bank rivers...
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How capitalist health care lets women die
March 30, 2010The United States ranks 41st in maternal mortality. Between 1987 and 2006, the U.S. rate doubled, from 6.6 deaths per 100,000 births to 13.3 deaths.
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