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Children for sale in Chicago

By ShamsDecember 9, 2017Economy, Media, Politics1948, Chicago, children for sale, poverty

Children for sale in Chicago, 1948. Some parents sold their children due to poverty. pic.twitter.com/mMr2eHt29S — History In Pictures (@HistoryInPix) 8. Dezember 2017

Antisocial children more likely to end up chronically unemployed and in poverty

By Guest PostDecember 2, 2017Jobs, Scienceantisocial children, childhood antisocial propensities, chronically unemployed, jukka savolainen, jyvaskyla longitudinal study, poverty, socioeconomic attainment

ANN ARBOR — Live fast and die young—it’s a popular saying that could ring a little truer than is comfortable, according to a recent University of Michigan Study. (more…)

Despite growth reports, Africa mired in poverty

By Guest PostOctober 8, 2013Economyafrica, african citizens, afrobarometer, carolyn logan, democratic development, east africa, economic growth, economic management, ghana, growth reports, Johannesburg, michael bratton, michigan state university, political science, poverty, the hopeful continent, west africa

Despite continued reports of economic growth in Africa, much of the continent remains wracked by poverty, with roughly one in five citizens saying they frequently lack food, clean water and medical care, according to the largest survey of African citizens.

This suggests the growth is not trickling down to the poorest citizens or that actual growth rates are inflated, said Carolyn Logan, assistant professor of political science at Michigan State University and deputy director of the survey, called the Afrobarometer. (more…)

Study of microcredit finds generally positive, but not transformative, impacts

By Guest PostMay 16, 2013Economyanti poverty initiatives, bank, bill, central mexico, compartamos banco, credito mujer, dartmouth college, dean karlan, economist, grameen bank, jonathan zinman, manuela angelucci, market capitalization, melinda gates foundation, Mexico, microcredit, microcredit program, muhammad yunus, nobel peace prize, poverty, poverty action, sonora state, ultra poor, university of michigan, yale university

Microcredit generally benefits borrowers, according to new research focused on Mexico’s biggest for-profit microlender — but it’s not lifting people out of poverty.

In a multi-year, randomized evaluation of microloans provided by Compartamos Banco, Yale University economist Dean Karlan, with collaborators Manuela Angelucci of the University of Michigan and Jonathan Zinman of Dartmouth College, show there are generally positive effects on average and find little evidence that some borrowers end up worse off while others end up better off. However, the canonical story that microcredit leads to higher enterprise income did not bear fruit. (more…)

New Book Traces Black Panthers’ Evolution from Local Activists to Global Anti-Imperialists

By Guest PostFebruary 6, 2013Culture, Politicsafrican american culture, african americans, algeria, american, american black power, american jazz artists, anti colonial activist, anti colonial movement, anti imperialist movement, anti war activists, assassination, black activist, black against empire, black history, black panther movement, black panther party, black panthers, black power, bobby seale, business as usual, california legislature, China, civil rights movement, civil war, communist revolutionary, criminal charges, Cuba, evolution, folk heroes, frantz fanon, free huey, global anti imperialists, history, huey newton, jim crow segregations, joshua bloom, local activists, los angeles chapter, lowndes county, malcolm x, mao zedong, marcus garvey, martin luther king, mulford act, new york chapter, non violent activism, oakland, pan africanism, panther angela, peoples republic, political asylum, political genius, political power, politics of containment, poverty, president nixon, prisoners of war, revolutionary struggles, robert hill, robin kelley, rural alabama, scot brown, sociology, stokely carmichael, tom hayden, ucla, united states, university of california, us government, viet cong, vietnam war, voluntary manslaughter, waldo e martin, zhou enlai

History has long denied the political genius of the Black Panther Party. At worst, its members have been cast as unconscionable criminals. At best, such seminal figures as party founders Huey Newton and Bobby Seale and early supporter Stokely Carmichael have been portrayed as outlaw folk heroes who, propelled by the progressive winds of the late 1960s, dared to take on the establishment.

But a UCLA graduate student in sociology who worked alongside former Panthers a decade ago as a community organizer in Oakland, Calif., didn’t buy the conventional wisdom. (more…)

Biodiversity: The most common issues

By Guest PostJanuary 5, 2013Environmentbiodiversity, biodiversity management, biological resources, coastal, common issues, ecological loss, ecosystem service, edward o wilson, evolutionary biologist, extinction, food, fuel, grassland, human interference, imperative factor, key issue, lincoln navigator suv, luxury cars, marine biodiversity, medicine, Nature, nutrient cycle, pacific northwest, poverty, rural area, shelter, soil formation, spotted owl, tropical forest

Biodiversity can be considered as an imperative factor that plays a crucial role in poverty reduction owing to its basic goods and the ecosystem services it provides. Over three billion people rely on coastal and marine biodiversity and about 1.7 billion people depend upon non-timber forest products and forests for biodiversity.

Common issues relating to biodiversity can be classified as:

Biodiversity as a source of income and food

World’s poor population, especially living in rural areas are dependent on biological resources for meeting most of their needs. At least, 90 percent of their needs relating to fuel, shelter, medicines and food come from biological resources. (more…)

‘Disposable Heroes’

By Guest PostDecember 8, 2012Politicsafghanistan, african american soldiers, african american veterans, alford a young, army veteran, Baltimore, benjamin fleury steiner, betrayal, black veterans, crime, disposable heroes, gi bill benefits, homeless veterans, independence house, Iraq, martin luther king, military service, national guardsman, neglect, operation desert storm, poverty, sacrifice, saudi arabia, scud missiles, soldiers, streets of wilmington, trauma of war, university of delaware, Vietnam, war, war on drugs

UD sociologist writes book about ‘betrayal’ of African American veterans

For the University of Delaware’s Benjamin Fleury-Steiner, research for his new book Disposable Heroes: The Betrayal of African American Veterans was uncomfortable and disquieting.

An associate professor of sociology, Fleury-Steiner spent months interviewing black veterans of Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan in the back streets of Wilmington, Del., to learn more about their service to their country and their experiences upon returning home.

The topic had long been on Fleury-Steiner’s mind, himself an Army veteran of Operation Desert Storm who had ducked Scud missiles in Saudi Arabia. (more…)

Common Reader Author Visits

By Guest PostOctober 14, 2012Culture, Generalabdul, alpha, america, american philosopher, annawadi, aspirations, author, balance, children, creative writing, delaware, dreams, edward, elizabeth, english, global family, global inequality, goodman rosenberg, hopes, India, jason hewett, john rawls, katherine boo, lambda, latin, makeshift settlement, manuela monsalve, margaret andersen, mitchell hall, mumbai airport, mumbai slum, mumbai undercity, muslim teenager, nancy brickhouse, political science, poverty, power, prize, pulitzer prize, random house, samuel johnson, situation, social justice, sorority, spanish, spanish studies, theta, trash, university

Katherine Boo talks of hope and struggle in Annawadi, India

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Katherine Boo found that despite having to struggle daily to survive, the people who live in Annawadi, India, also share the common hopes, dreams and aspirations of people everywhere in seeking to better themselves and their children.

Boo, the author of Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity, shared her experiences as a journalist reporting from the Mumbai slum during a 2012 University of Delaware First Year Common Reader program presentation held Wednesday, Oct. 10, in Mitchell Hall. (more…)

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