Tag: poverty

Winter is here bringing with it challenges for those sleeping rough.

“Our nation is moving toward two societies,
one black and one white–separate and unequal…Discrimination and
segregation have long permeated much of American life; they now threaten the
future of every American.”

It seems that el Raval exemplifies perfectly the clash between two Barcelonas. Why is theirs a history of violence? Because it has demonized a place and people, simply because they are poor, hard-working

Why Cutting SNAP really isn’t that big of a deal-unless you are a legislator who owns a grocery store.

By: Paul William Fassett An example of the deteriorating cities of America; Stockton was one of the first cities in California to officially declare bankruptcy, but this city’s decline was well in the making some time ago. I went to Stockton with eyes full of diamonds, and well wishes. I was sent there to film…

A selection of Subversive people and groups we love.

Jane Stillwater- In these desperate times of poverty and conflict, traffickers arrive in villages and refuge camps and they promise the world to stressed and desperate parents.

Jane Stillwater-“And there we wept…when we remembered Zion.”

Grainne Rhuad- “Being poor is a state of mind, not a condition.

Grainne Rhuad- What can we learn from the recent riots in London and the response to them by politicians and journalists?