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Freelancers Union Forms Needed Safety Net

Freelancers

Freelance and contract workers have organized in order to afford health insurance and other benefits.

Bead For Life Brings Hundreds of Ugandans Out of Poverty

Beads in Uganda

A program that helps Ugandans sell beads in America has brought hundreds of families out of extreme poverty through a woman-to-woman network focused on sales at house parties and a Web store. Spencer Michels reports on the program and the people it helps.

Detroit Program Provides Job Training, Hope in Tough Times

Activist Works to Help Ease Haiti's Hunger Crisis

Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on Focus: Hope founder Eleanor Josaitis's effort to bring racial healing and economic opportunity to Detroit's disadvantaged.

Year Up Program Helps At-Risk Youth Find Corporate Jobs

Year Up Program Helps At-Risk Youth Find Corporate Jobs

To alleviate the 30 percent unemployment rate among urban youth, the Year Up program gives at-risk youth lessons in corporate culture and work ethic. Paul Solman reports on this approach to training young, would-be entrepreneurs.

Covering efforts to tackle the world's biggest challenges in the smallest of ways.
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May 1, 2009     |    Spencer Michels reports on a program that helps low-income people with no credit gain access to loans and financial counseling.


Credit Where Credit Is Due
 
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In St. Louis, Efforts To Help Low Income Students Go A Long Way

April 30, 2009     |   The last of this week's coverage from St. Louis examines education in the region. Judy Woodruff looks at a group's efforts to make college a reality for low-income students in the midst of the economic downturn.

College Summit
 
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Coffee Company Helps Its Growers
Coffee Company Helps Its Growers

March 17, 2009     |    Coffee company Pura Vida helps its bean growers in Central America improve their lives.


Clarence Page on “Fair Trade” Practices
Reflection on America's Coffee Culture
Pura Vida Web Site
 
 
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