Poverty & Unemployment

In 2000, the first social agenda in the history of the European Union was launched, and the endeavor to combat poverty came increasingly to the for...

The gaping holes in the U.S. and Canadian social safety nets mean that many people live in a state of financial precarity that can instantly become...

The gaping holes in the U.S. and Canadian social safety nets mean that many people live in a state of financial precarity that can instantly become...

The Fair Trade Scandal takes aim at the Fair Trade consumer movement which many assume to be entirely benign. Through a razor-sharp analysis based ...

In rural northern Idaho in the winter of 2013-2014, Syringa Mobile Home Parks water system was contaminated by sewage, resulting in residents water...

In rural northern Idaho in the winter of 2013-2014, Syringa Mobile Home Parks water system was contaminated by sewage, resulting in residents water...

In rural northern Idaho in the winter of 2013-2014, Syringa Mobile Home Parks water system was contaminated by sewage, resulting in residents water...

In rural northern Idaho in the winter of 2013-2014, Syringa Mobile Home Parks water system was contaminated by sewage, resulting in residents water...

This book examines how entrepreneurship can be used as a tool to escape poverty. With relevance for both SDG 1: No Poverty, and SDG 8: Promote sust...

In For a Liberatory Politics of Home, Michele Lancione questions accepted understandings of home and homelessness to offer a radical proposition: h...

In For a Liberatory Politics of Home, Michele Lancione questions accepted understandings of home and homelessness to offer a radical proposition: h...

ePDF and ePUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND license. The perpetuation of poverty across generations damages lives. It weakens social co...

Freedom of poverty is a universal human prerogative and right. Hence the tackling of poverty in developing countries is a social obligation for gov...

Most U.S. households with children have consistent, dependable access to adequate food for active, healthy living for both adults and children -- t...

The most recent recession led to an unprecedented increase in the number of those unemployed for more than 26 weeks (the long-term unemployed). As ...

In 2011, the U.S. poverty rate was 15.0% -- 46.2 million persons were estimated as having income below the official poverty line. Neither the pover...