Toward a World that Works for Everyone
I reported on GAoG the hopes and optimism of the people in Zimbabwe when Mugabe was thrown from power. The situation has gone from bad to worse, the poverty is increasing exponentially but I’m always amazed at the resilience of the people. My daughter, Natasha, visited Zimbabwe in March. Life goes on, the people are […]
Events are happening faster than we can write articles on, so we’re switching to a summary format for some articles. After being redscreened a second time, we’re no longer posting live hyperlinks. Hyperlinks are (in brackets) to prevent them defaulting to a page view. Judicial Watch makes FOIA request for Fauci records from beginning of […]
The historic heart of Vancouver is our Downtown Eastside (DTES). One of our oldest neighbourhoods, it is home to many low-income residents. Here people volunteer, contributing countless hours to help improve the community, working for social justice. The residents of the Downtown Eastside struggle with complex challenges including the overdose crisis, escalating crime connected to […]
I can’t believe that Jeff would come up with such an idea…. Jeff Bezos, World’s Richest Man, Wants Your Donations To Help Amazon Employees A man worth over $100 billion, who makes, on average, $230,000 per minute calling on the public to help his own impoverished employees was not met well by many. Alan Macleod, […]
Lesley has asked us to include Zimbabwe — added to 8 @ 8 — please SEND PRAYERS AND LOVE Could you please put forward a Prayer Plea for this poor beleaguered country – they have suffered for decades, with no let-up, despite a change of corrupt leadership. I’d be so very grateful. With kind regards, […]
By Citizens Basic Income Trust, February 27, 2020 https://citizensincome.org/news/citizens-basic-income-a-response-to-poverty ATD Fourth World has published the results of its Understanding Poverty in all its Forms research project: an international project that is asking people in poverty what for them are its most important dimensions. A report has now been published on findings for the UK: https://atd-uk.org/projects-campaigns/understanding-poverty. […]
Taking global action to eradicate extreme poverty. US $350 Bn would, they estimate, eradicate extreme poverty in the world. Extreme poverty is defined as living on under $1.90 a day. Promo: Actor, producer and Global Citizen Ambassador, Priyanka Chopra-Jonas and Hugh Evans, the founder and CEO of Global Citizen, sat down with Bloomberg’s Mallika Kapur […]
