In this Christmas season, as we celebrate the Greatest Gift the world has ever known, I thought it appropriate to address the issue of giving—especially ...
Poverty: Articles
Christine Rousselle from The College Conservative shares some interesting experiences from her summer work at Walmart. What she found was not pretty (click here ...
That title may be a bit misleading, but there has been a significant shift in poverty demographics. The past decade has brought a big jump ...
The modern question of helping the poor seems almost hopeless. Both "sides" of the debate take hard lines that leave no room for the traditional ...
The Wall Street Journal relates an encouraging story on developing manufacturing in Africa. For years, Africa's production of goods has lagged far behind its potential. ...
The New York Times reports that poverty is on the rise, with the number of Americans below the poverty line hitting a 52-year high (...
The Huffington Post is running an interesting(and perhaps partisan) series of articles on Republican candidates and how much they have contributed to charities over the ...
Megan Mcardle of The Atlantic has been posting on the positive and negative consequences of welfare reform in the mid-90s. She points out that there ...
Today in "stupid government gaffes": Orlando, Florida's mayor is enforcing a ridiculous law to prevent a nonprofit group from feeding the poor. The group, Food ...
So much for fiscal responsibility! Recent polls keep showing that Americans are worried about the deficit but don't want to cut their own pet programs. ...