Igniting the Communal Fire: What the SDGs Could Learn from Indigenous Peoples
Published on Friday, September 25, 2015 by Common Dreams by Fionuala Cregan This weekend, world...
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Tag: poverty
Toward A Budget That Addresses Racial Disparities and Creates Opportunity for All
In Oregon, the poverty rate for most communities of color exceeds the rate for whites. And not just by a little.
Read More50 Years Later, A New Hunger for National Anti-Poverty Agenda
Despite right-wing rhetoric, over 80 percent of Americans support renewed ‘War on Poverty’
Read MoreNAFTA at 20: Lori Wallach on U.S. Job Losses, Record Income Inequality, Mass Displacement in Mexico
Hundreds of thousands of U.S. jobs have vanished as companies sought lower-wage workers in Mexico. Meanwhile, NAFTA has generated more poverty in Mexico,
Read MoreOregon 15-Cent Minimum Wage Increase Still Not Enough to Make Ends Meet
The uptick in Oregon’s minimum wage is welcome, it still leaves too many working families unable to meet basic needs
Read MoreWorking But Still Stuck in Poverty
most Oregon families who live in poverty are working families
Read MoreNew Research: Economic Austerity in US and Europe 'Is Killing People'
research contained in a newly published book shows that the push for steep cuts in wages, social programs, and public health programs is literally killing people throughout Europe and the US.
Read MoreWorld Bank’s IFC Arm Responds to Our Critique of Its Poverty Fighting
…raises an important question about the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) impact fighting poverty in developing countries
Read MoreCan You Fight Poverty With a Five-Star Hotel?
it is exceptional in at least one respect: It was financed by a combination of two very different entities: a multibillion-dollar investment company largely controlled by a Saudi prince, and the poverty-fighting World Bank.
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