Tag: Poverty

I promised Russia this defeat before. I hereby renew my promise. Russia is further away from achieving its goals than they were one year ago. The Russian regime and a large part of the Russian public have fallen victim to the deadly delusion that Russia can’t lose, just because it is R...

The counties of the Great Plains are primarily rural, so incomes are generally below the national average of $62,843 in 2019. I chose to make the map showing percentages of people in poverty, which of course is strongly related to median household income. Generally, the ten lowest poverty countie...

In a recent gathering at the Vancouver Public Library, I had the privilege of participating in a community-driven discussion on addressing poverty issues. One individual who profoundly impacted the event was Monica Zazueta, accompanied by her husband and their charming son. Monica’s message...

Period poverty is the lack of access to sanitary products due to financial constraint or lack of proper education around periods. Because of this, periods are affecting the lives of many women and young girls, negatively impacting either work, school or common life. In 2021, almost two million girls...

A huge roasted pig sprawled across the table with an apple in its smiling mouth, frozen in mockery at my naïveté. I was 6-years-old at the time and it would be years before I ate pork again. Conceptually, I knew where meat came from. But I’d never stood so close to the source. I...