Sep 17 Are you getting enough vitamin A? Probably, but half of the world isn’t By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Scientists are genetically modifying crops like rice to get vitamin A into impoverished diets in southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. NewsHour explains why this vitamin is so important, where you can get it and why you shouldn't eat polar bear… Continue reading
Sep 16 National poverty rate drops for the first time since 2006 By Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press The U.S. Census Bureau, in its annual look at poverty in the United States, said that the poverty rate in 2013 was 14.5 percent, down from 15 percent in 2012. The decrease in the poverty rate was attributed to the… Continue reading
Aug 18 Watch More emergency food assistance going to working Americans, study finds By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 11 Watch Stepped up al-Shabab attacks underscore Somalia’s looming security concerns By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 07 Why your zip code matters when it comes to diabetic amputations By Anya van Wagtendonk Ten years ago, while working as an attending physician, Dr. Carl Stevens noticed a disturbing pattern: the majority of his patients with diabetes who acquired infections requiring amputation were from low-income backgrounds, while his diabetic patients from wealthier communities rarely… Continue reading
Jul 25 House votes to boost child tax credit for more higher income families By Associated Press WASHINGTON — More families with higher incomes could claim the popular child tax credit under a bill that won approval Friday in the House. But in a dispute that divides Republicans and Democrats, millions of the poorest low-income families would… Continue reading
Jul 24 Twitter Chat: Should homelessness be a crime? By Nora Daly A new report released last week by the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty observed an increase in laws targeting the homeless, such as bans on loitering, sitting and sleeping in public. Join us in a Twitter chat on… Continue reading
Jul 22 U.S. families with children experiencing more poverty, job insecurity By Kyla Calvert Mason More children in the United States were living in financially strapped household in 2012 than in 2005 before the economic downturn, according to an annual report on child well-being from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Continue reading
Jul 13 Scrapping by: How much metal would it take to make minimum wage? By Connie Kargbo Although illegal scrapping typically makes the headlines, there are also legal ways to scrap for a living. NewsHour wondered: How much metal would a scrapper need to collect to make the minimum wage?… Continue reading
Jun 04 With World Environment Day, UN hopes to raise climate awareness By News Desk https://twitter.com/sbeaugeAFP/status/474132836291989504/ The United Nation’s version of Earth Day, World Environment Day, occurs annually on June 5 and encourages “worldwide awareness and action for the environment.” First celebrated in 1973, a different country hosts each year. Barbados hosts this year… Continue reading