Did you know that every day, more than 17,000 children die from hunger and malnutrition? This is equivalent to one child every five minutes. In
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Here’s How Homelessness in New York Compares to the Rest of the Country
Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St. via The Center Square Jan 29, 2022 Homelessness is on the rise in the United States. According to a study published
AN UNCHARITABLE VIEW OF CHARITY
If billionaires are saying they want to “give back,” it’s because we’ve been letting them take too much. By Jim Hightower | January 26, 2022/OtherWords.org Our society
How Excess Military Spending Blocks Building Back Better
Understanding why President Biden’s Build Back Better plan stalled requires consuming a big fat reality sandwich: The United States spends more on its military than
More Than 100,000 NYC Students Are Homeless, New Report Finds
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Still Sleeping in the Roosevelt Island Subway. Is there no solution?
Last month, we posted about the high volume of people finding a place to sleep in the Roosevelt Island subway station. Mid-morning today, there were
9/11 AT 20: TWO DECADES OF MISSED OPPORTUNITIES
For just a fraction of what we’ve spent on militarization these last 20 years, we could start to make life much better. By Lindsay Koshgarian | September
TO FIGHT POVERTY, CUT THE PENTAGON BUDGET
For me, the military wasn’t a way out of poverty. Instead, militarism is why so many of us are poor in the first place. By T.J.
