Tag: poverty
Witness – In This Room
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The economic downturn that hit the US economy has left many families struggling. For those who were already living on the edge of economic security the impact of the downturn has been a devastating tipping point. Th...
Chavez dead, what about his legacy?
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A Latin America expert tells Press TV that the United States' government seeks to destabilize Venezuela following the death of President Hugo Chavez. On Tuesday afternoon, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died after...
Anti-government protests held across Bulgaria
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Bulgarians are marking their national holiday with more mass rallies against poverty and government corruption. It is the third week of demonstrations. The president grapples with a political crisis after the centre...
Food Stamp Use Hits Record Levels
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Since President Obama took office, the country has seen the largest rise of people on food stamps ever. An estimated 47 million people now depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to put food on the t...
The Resident — Are Americans abusing food stamps?
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According to the US Department of Agriculture, the number of Americans receiving food stamps assistance has doubled between 2006 and 2011. But now, the number of people who are using the Supplemental Nutrition Assis...
Why do Americans abuse food stamps?
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The American food program that helps those on low-incomes, is reportedly being abused by some who don't need financial aid. RT's Resident Lori Harfenist went to find out what taxpayers think, about the way their mon...
Class Divide: UK masses slide into poverty as austerity ramps up
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Britain's squeezed middle classes are bearing the brunt of the country's struggles to revive the economy. A study shows tax hikes are leaving them 280-pounds a year worse off - and more than half of them have no sav...
Israel depriving Gazans of social basic rights
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Years of Israeli blockade is imposing more hardships on Palestinians in Gaza, depriving them of even basic social rights. With high poverty and unemployment rates, many Gazans spend most of their dwindling monthly i...
‘Plenty of poverty for all banks to tackle’ – World Bank chief
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There is plenty of poverty in the world in terms of investing in developing countries, there is no competition in this area the President of the World Bank Jim Yong Kim told RT in an exclusive interview. RT LIVE rt....
Open Heart
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"Open Heart" follows eight Rwandan children who leave their families behind to embark on a life-or-death journey to receive high-risk open-heart surgery in Africa's only free-of-charge, state-of-the-art cardiac hosp...
Redemption
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This Oscar nominated short follows New York City's canners - the men and women who survive by redeeming bottles and cans they collect from curbs, garbage cans and apartment complexes. Academy Award winning filmmaker...
Jessica’s Story: Reclaiming Our Homes
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Please SIGN and SHARE Jessica's petition: start2.occupyourhomes.org Dear Wells Fargo, My name is Jessica English, and I am a responsible single mother of four, student, writer and dedicated worker. However, like one...
Gethin Jones’ BBC Lifeline Appeal for Renewable World – BBC One
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Presenter Gethin Jones makes an appeal on behalf of Renewable World, a charity that works in developing countries to tackle poverty through renewable energy. Gethin meets Sumina, who lives in a remote village in Ne...
Debt Despair: UK plagued by suicides as austerity shows no mercy
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Suicide rates are soaring in the UK, with money worries pushing many over the edge. Cuts to mental health services and aggressive debt-collecting are cited by experts as major factors aggravating the situation. RTs'...
Sister Occupy Tells (and Sells)
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Sister Occupy makes a special appeal to the occupiers to help her raise funds by ridding the abbey of the sex tip book she co-authored, a long time ago, long before she was a nun, back when corporations weren't peop...
Record food stamp numbers in US for Obama administration
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Since his inauguration in 2009, President Barack Obama has seen the largest rise in people needing food stamps ever. Recent estimates put the number of people dependent on government assistance to eat basic meals at...
Obama to visit Chicago to discuss gun control
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Last year 506 people were killed in US President Obama's home city of Chicago - that is more Americans than died in Afghanistan during the same period. Most of the fatalities are young, African Americans who are tra...
Counting the Cost – The cost of aid
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We ask why Aid, far from liberating people from poverty, is leading to less growth, more poverty and spiraling debt.