Soup lines are longer, more people depend on charities to get by, and more live on the streets or have joined the burgeoning populations of Argentina’s impoverished villas.
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Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
Head of 9/11 Commission on five ways to prevent the spread of terrorism
Since 2001, attacks worldwide have increased fivefold. From the Sahara Desert to cyberspace, Islamist militants continue to find innovative new ways to extend their reach.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Infographic: Fifty years after Fair Housing Act, segregation persists
The homeownership gap between white and black families is as wide as it was in the 1960s, and the remaining barriers to integration include restrictive zoning and newly tightfisted banks.
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From coca to crops: J.R.S. helps Colombian farmers transition to a new way of life
How Jesuit Refugee Service is helping struggling farmers in the Catatumbo region stop producing coca and get back on their feet
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Colombian farmers seek to plant peace in former coca fields
In the rural community of Las Palmas, a group of former coca farmers are replacing coca production with legitimate crops in the hope of promoting peace.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
From poverty to possibility: Microfinance in Africa
The price of that hamburger could help an African family start a business. And the money to do this could be given to them as a loan, not as a charitable gift.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
New tool to use Laudato Si’ to rank nations’ development
The “Laudato Si” Observatory will attempt to measure how countries are living up to the famous Papal encyclical on the environment.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Americans aren’t moving around as much as they used to—and it’s worrying some economists
A record low moving rate may be worsening inequality in the United States.
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Nigerian calls West’s imposition of abortion ‘cultural supremacy’
“In all my work with African countries, I don’t know of any which is screaming, ‘Come and help us, we have this abortion crisis.'”
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
Yonkers and the ugly politics of ‘not in my backyard’: A recap of ‘Show Me a Hero,’ parts 1 and 2
At the heart of the class combat in “Show Me a Hero” is fear, a fear that is made worse by the fact the black, brown and white residents of Yonkers know very little about one another.