Opinions

Poverty in America: Why can’t we end it?

by Peter Edelman New York Times July 28, 2012

RONALD REAGAN famously said, “We fought a war on poverty and poverty won.” With 46 million Americans — 15 percent of the population — now counted as poor, it’s tempting to think he may have been right....

Statement on divisive Foreign Policy piece

by Coalition of International Development Companies July 20, 2012

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Forced labor on American shores

by New York Times July 8, 2012

It is time to banish the idea that forced labor and sweatshop exploitation are problems of bygone eras or distant countries. These conditions exist within America’s borders....

Summertime hunger spike: There simply aren’t enough programs available to serve all the children who need them

by Marian Wright Edelman OtherWords June 12, 2012

Summertime can be a carefree, relaxing season filled with cookouts, backyard picnics, and trips to the ice cream truck....

As the world’s worst outbreak of cholera continues to ravage Haiti, international donors have averted their gaze

by Washington Post May 26, 2012

AS THE WORLD’S worst outbreak of cholera continues to ravage Haiti, international donors have averted their gaze....

20 years later, it turns out Dan Quayle was right about Murphy Brown and unmarried moms

by Isabel Sawhill Washington Post May 25, 2012

On May 19, 1992, as the presidential campaign season was heating up, Vice President Dan Quayle delivered a family-values speech that came to define him nearly as much as his spelling talents....

The hard facts behind youth crime (and what you can do about it)

by David Mauldin Washington Post May 25, 2012

For the past year, I worked at a D.C. Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS) juvenile detention facility, as part of my master’s degree program in social work at Catholic University. ...

The 2012 Food Assistance Convention–is a promise still a promise?

by Jennifer Clapp and C. Stuart Clark Triple Crisis Blog May 25, 2012

n late April 2012, the long-anticipated new Food Assistance Convention (FAC) text was finally agreed upon. ...

Analysis of 2012 G8 Summit on Food Security: A step forward, a step back, and a very big question

by Katie Campbell, Neil Watkins, and Henry Malumo ActionAid May 22, 2012

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