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Predatory Financial Practices and the Impact on the Poor
In summary, the solutions for breaking the cycle of poverty presented by this paper focus heavily on reducing the exorbitant costs of financial services paid by low-income families. This is in contrast to the long-standing ...
The Asthma Epidemic: Decreasing Incidence and Increasing Resiliency among Low-Income Children
My sister is an asthmatic. . . .
While my sister's illness was a tremendous burden, she was also fortunate. She benefited from supportive parents, excellent health care, limited allergen exposure, and a pollution-free ...
Malaria as a Cause of Poverty: Poverty as a Contributor to Malaria
Malaria remains to be a huge problem in developing countries. We cannot ignore this problem as we try to eradicate global poverty. Malaria causes a downward spiral of poverty without effective interventions. It causes huge ...
Misdemeanors, Crime, and Police: Broken Windows and America's Poor
This paper studies broken windows policing theory and its impact on the poor. Broken windows policing, through the collateral consequences of its arrests and convictions, further marginalizes an already marginalized poor ...
Rural Obesity in the United States: Causes, Consequences, and a Need for Change
. . . Glasgow et al. (2004) notes that “researchers have generally failed to investigate systemically whether the diet and obesity in rural areas differ from that in urban areas or to examine the impacts of rural/urban ...
The Legacy of King Sugar: Jamaica's Sugar Industry and the Poor
The story of Jamaica entails a long complication of development that has resulted in the poverty that remains today. It echoes the history of much of the former New World. Since its takeover by the British from Spain in ...
SSI and Work: The Great American Story
. . . although much of the current debate surrounding SSI [Supplemental Security Income] discusses benefit levels or eligibility, this analysis focuses on the extent to which the program currently achieves the 1971 goal ...
Approaches to Environmental Justice: Best Practices in Community Organizing and Collaboration
This paper examines specific cases, conducted on three documented instances of environmental injustice to explore the ways in which communities organized to promote environmental equity. The first case deals with environmental ...
How Can We Provide Access to Family Planning Services in a Culturally Respectful and Ethical Manner in Developing Countries? A Ugandan Case Study
Uganda has the fifth highest fertility rate in the world, and one of the lowest family planning usage rates. While many governments and NGOs measure only physical and economic factors when assessing if a family planning ...
The Broken Trust Doctrine
Most Americans are unaware of the pattern of injustices that the United States government has committed against Native Americans. Native Americans are among some of the poorest in America. The United States Civil Rights ...