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OpEdNews - by Jim Hightower: Obscenely Rich Bankers Claim to Do God's Work -- They Can Go to HellNovember 19, 2009 at 15:32:01 Obscenely Rich Bankers Claim to Do God's Work -- They Can Go to Hell By Jim Hightower ( about the author ) Page 1 of 1 page(s) For OpEdNews: Jim Hightower - Writer "Repent," the preacher cried out, startling those who heard him. This was no street ...
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Senator Barbara Mikulski :: Press Releases :: Senator Mikulski's Statement on Introduction of Rosa's LawBill honors young girl whose brother said, “… what you call people is how you treat them.” WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski today introduced Rosa’s Law, a bill that will eliminate the terms “mental retardation” and “mentally retarded” from the federal law books. U.S. Senator ...
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Raj Patel on America's Growing Hunger Crisis and the UN Summit to Fight Hunger in RomeAdobe Flash Player version 9.0.115 or higher is required to watch video inline on this webpage, and JavaScript must be enabled. You can choose another option on the listen/watch page if you prefer. Raj Patel on America’s Growing Hunger Crisis and the UN Summit to Fight Hunger in Rome More ...
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SeaMo: Connecting the Microfinance Community | Microfinance’s Circular Firing Squadby Ryan Calkins, Seattle Microfinance Much ado I, like many in the microfinance community, have been following the debate that David Roodman initiated on his Open Book blog with regard to Kiva’s transparency. It’s a worthwhile discussion, certainly, and one that has already prompted action from ...
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Philanthropy ActionNews & Commentary Archive A Mostly Comprehensive Guide to the Kiva and Donor Illusion Debate by Tim Ogden Updated November 10 The posts and comments have been flying fast and furious over the issue of Kiva specifically and the issues of transparency and donors demands for illusion. For ...
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Confusion Over Where Money Lent on Kiva Goes - NYTimes.comConfusion on Where Money Lent via Kiva Goes Last month, David Roodman, a research fellow at the Center for Global Development, pressed a button on his laptop as his bus left the Lincoln Tunnel in Manhattan and started a debate that has people re-examining the country’s latest celebrated charity, ...
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What Does True Eternal Equity Look Like and How Much Is A Human Life Worth?"One sixth of the world’s population lives on a dollar a day. Another sixth lives on two dollars a day. The global middle class lives on $3,000 to $5,000 per year. What would it feel like to be a person who lives on a dollar a day – or three thousand dollars a year?
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Crossing racial lines: Meeting friends they never had - CNN.comCrossing racial lines: Meeting friends they never had Macon, Georgia (CNN) -- Bettye Webb-Hayes won't ever forget the day her son posed a question that stopped her in her tracks. "Mom," the fourth-grader asked, "am I white?" It was a question she had never asked her own parents. It was ...
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Filmmaker Philippe Diaz on "The End of Poverty?"Adobe Flash Player version 9.0.115 or higher is required to watch video inline on this webpage, and JavaScript must be enabled. You can choose another option on the listen/watch page if you prefer. Filmmaker Philippe Diaz on “The End of Poverty?” Earlier this year, the IMF and the World ...
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CRUDE: A Joe Berlinger FilmJoe Berlinger's documentary film about the environmental consequences of drilling for oil in the Amazon region of Ecuador: Crude - The Real Price of Crude Oil
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