Poverty is not an accident. Like slavery and apartheid, it is man-made and can be removed by the actions of human beings.
—Nelson Mandela
Blast from the Past. At Daily Kos on this date in 2012—Poor in Georgia? Don’t expect anything but humiliation from the state:
The fact that today, just 27 percent of Americans who are poor enough to qualify for cash benefits under Temporary Assistance to Needy Families actually receive those benefits is one of the great successes of welfare reform, if you measure success by the “get everyone off of welfare at whatever cost to their health and well-being” standards the reformers intended…
Severe Antarctic weather was slowing an Australian icebreaker"s bid to reach a Russian ship trapped in ice since Christmas eve with 74 people onboard, the Australian maritime rescue agency said on Monday. The Aurora Australis was currently about 11 nautical miles from the stranded Russian ship Akademik Shokalskiy, said the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), which is co-ordinating the rescue…
On Sunday, a terrorist detonated a bomb at a busy Russian train station in Volgograd, killing at least 16 people and injuring over 50 more. This is the second terrorist attack in the last two months in the city, raising more security questions around the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. According to the Moscow Times, investigators are still gathering information concerning the attack: The explosion rocked a crowded area between the train station’s front doors and the metal detectors leading into the main hall around 12:45 p…
My friend Vicky Ntozini was a successful township entrepreneur until she was murdered last year by her husband. After reading online that her children were still running her bed and breakfast in the sprawling township of Khayelitsha, I decided to visit to pay my respects and re-connect. After initially trying to book a tour guide to take me there, I drove there myself–I still knew the way through the winding township streets…
Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 16 in Russian Train Station Blast + MORE
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