Tag Archives: Poverty

Distribution of Wealth : Way Out of Whack

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from OECD / CBS News.Trickle UP theory:The recession and its roots By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / July 15, 2010 Have you ever wondered just what caused the deep recession that the United States is in? Many … Continue reading →

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Steinbeck Comes to Arizona : Rereading ‘The Grapes of Wrath’

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Reading “The Grapes of Wrath” in 2010:Immigration, capitalism, andArizona’s historic moment By Alex Knight / The Rag Blog / June 14, 2010 [The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, published 1939 during the last Great Depression.] Arizona SB1070, signed into … Continue reading →

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SPORT / World Cup in South Africa : ‘Neoliberal Trojan Horse’?

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Thousands of residents from the township of Oukasie, 60 miles north of Johannesburg are marching [on March 21, 2010]… to bring attention to the plight of impoverished areas of the country… They argue it is wrong for the government to … Continue reading →

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Marc Estrin : Night Dreams of Another Life

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo by Eric Pouhier / Wikimedia.Listening to our local Leiermann:Night dreams of another life By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / May 31, 2010 Every now and then — and again last night — I am awakened at 3 … Continue reading →

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Mother’s Day 2010 : ‘State of the World’s Mothers’

Posted on May 9, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Afghan mother and child. Photo from Center for American Progress.U.S. ranking not so good…Reporting on the status of mothers The dreadful circumstances of so many of the world’s mothers and children on this Mother’s Day are preventable. There is enough … Continue reading →

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Marc Estrin : Survival Tips for the Bailout Challenged

Posted on April 12, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo by Donna Bister / The Rag Blog.Gotten your bailout yet? By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / April 12, 2010 No? Unemployment insurance running out? Mortgage under water? Yes and yes? Well, fear not. Since the war on … Continue reading →

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Employment Crisis : Inequality and the Global South

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

How it impacts workers:Transformation in the Global South The end product… has been increasing global inequality in wealth and income and the continuation of massive poverty, powerlessness, and precariousness. By Harry Targ (with David Cormier) / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading →

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Poor Grow Poorer : Richest 1% Has Captured America’s Wealth

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

The ultra rich have captured America;How can we take it back? By David DeGraw / February 19, 2010 “The war against working people should be understood to be a real war… Specifically in the U.S., which happens to have a … Continue reading →

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Jim Hightower : Republican Hypocrites Rag on the Poor

Posted on February 4, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Grub Street.Madcap schtick of Bauer and Linder:Republicans out of touch as middle class sinks By Jim Hightower / February 4, 2010 American politics is a hoot! Where else can raw ignorance rise to such high places — and … Continue reading →

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A Real Crime : How the Law Treats Sex Workers in New Orleans

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

‘Crimes against nature’:Prosecuting sex workers in New Orleans More than half of the people on Louisiana’s Sex Offender Registry — which was designed for rapists and child molesters — are indigent women convicted of sex work. By Jordan Flaherty / … Continue reading →

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Haiti and American Colonialism : The Story Behind the Story

Posted on January 14, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

A member of François “Papa Doc” Duvalier’s Tonton Macoutes death squad, center, with Haitian soldier to his right. Note the look of terror on the woman vendor’s face. Image from Latin American Studies. How did Haiti become so poor?Haitian earthquake: … Continue reading →

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Ted McLaughlin : The Backpacks of Moberly

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

A quiet way of helping:The backpacks of Moberly, Missouri …we began to realize that some of these children go home to houses where they literally may not eat over the weekend. And we couldn’t just sit back and not do … Continue reading →

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