Tag: poverty
Hawaii could be the first state to implement universal basic income
“The economy remains stable, everyone benefits, and no one is left behind.”
The hunger president
As famine descends on a huge swath of the globe, the White House is rolling back aid, ramping up conflict, and risking more climate chaos.
The revolution in work calls for an evolution in living
This is not an unattainable utopian vision. It is the realistic picture of a world in which humanity responds creatively and pragmatically to the changes that technology presents us with.
How Americans became poor
If we want to create a vibrant middle class, we have to abandon slogans and simplistic solutions and understand the bigger picture.
The plant-based solution to hunger
Poverty, malnutrition, and hunger are a result of politics, not scarcity.
The Obama legacy: Place-based poverty
Keeping successful programs for people in poverty is the only way to secure their survival during the Trump era.
Hunger and Food Waste in a World of Plenty
It is time to design an economic system that allows for the required sharing of food, water, land and other natural resources, as well as knowledge and skills.
Our Poverty Myth
The illusion that people are to blame for their own poverty goes back centuries in our culture.
Lock Up the Men, Evict the Women and Children
Part of the daily reality of poverty in America, evictions—along with mass incarceration—are the mechanisms used to destroy communities and profit from the misery of the poor.
Nickel and Dimed in 2016
It seems wrong in a society as wealthy as ours that a person working full-time can't get above the poverty line. You can't earn a living on the minimum wage.