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Catholicism and the Poor by Dorothy Day

poor and the "undeserving." Day and Maurin shocked traditionalists by welcoming drunkards and other men down on their luck, which ...

Administration of George W. Bush and Poverty

and around $1,200 in subsidized school meals for both children (Besharov 35). After taxes, this comes to around $21,000 per year. ...

Crime, Drug Use, and Their Contextual Relationships

defend" (Anonymous, 1998, p. 26A) brings to light yet another detrimental impact of teenage drug use. The 1990s heralded in...

The Working Poor Invisible in America by David Shipler

hes already delivered powerful works on the Middle East (Arab and Jew) and race (A Country of Strangers: Blacks and Whites in Amer...

Jewish Law, Dehydration Death, and Poverty

into a selfish, egotistical and myopic entity; no longer are people more concerned with others than they are with themselves. The...

Macro, Molecular, and Micro Levels of Depression Analysis

have been making the connection for some time now between depression and the death of astrocytes, noting that the astrocytes -- be...

Problems of South Africa and Solutions

In seven pages this paper examines the poverty and racism that have historically plagued South Africa in a discussion of possible ...

African National Congress's Impact on Social Change

In five pages this paper assesses the social change impact of the African National Congress with poverty among the topics addresse...

Problems and Solutions Regarding Poverty

In twelve pages this paper discusses poverty in an overview of the problems connected with it and suggestions regarding possible s...

Racial and Urban Policy Economics Issues

In six pages racial issues and their impact upon the economic conditions associated with urban poverty are discussed. Eight sourc...

Amazing Grace by Jonathan Kozol

In five pages this paper discusses the culture of poverty within the context of this 1995 book by Jonathan Kozol. Eight sources a...

U.S. Federal Poverty Line

In eight pages this paper discusses what is meant by the poverty line and what it actually measures for the federal government. F...

The Potential Benefit of FDI from China to Africa

Africa is one of the world's poorest regions. It has been argued that one strategy which is useful for economic development to all...

Educational Performance and Poverty - A Statistical Analysis

In a paper of eight pages, the writer looks at educational performance and poverty. A correlation is established by way of a stati...

Urban Poverty

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at causes of urban poverty. Material and cultural conditions are explored as causes. Pa...

Hungry Children in America

This essay reports statistical data regarding families living below the poverty line and the numbers of children who are food inse...

Annotated Bibliography of Childhood Cognitive Development and Poverty

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at childhood poverty and development. An annotated bibliography covers some ten studie...

Measures of Poverty

is a discernible, measurable economic level that marks the demarcation line between the advantaged and the disadvantaged (Iceland,...

Issues in Social Stratification

the upper class is largely defined by the characteristics of having "old wealth," that is, having had above average income for mul...

Pebley and Sastry/Page Summary

functions as after-school program, child-care services, and so forth. Income also impacts this factor in that, as low income famil...

Iceland/Overview of Chapter 4

improvement is largely due to Social Security, as well as other federal programs that aid the elderly. Child poverty also declined...

Can "Laziness" Explain Poverty in America?

to cast the issue as a moral wrong is entirely fraudulent: the system is there to be used by those having difficulty finding work,...

The Causes of Poverty

Poverty, unfortunately, is a fact of life not just in third world nations but right here in the United States. The patterns of po...

Poverty and Malnutrition - A Statistical Analysis

In a paper of ten pages, the writer looks at malnutrition and poverty. Correlations are drawn through the use of statistical analy...

An Analysis of Health Considerations in Anchorage

Alaska faces many challenges in insuring that her citizens health and welfare. Many Alaskans are suffering with health problems b...

Climate Change and Human Rights

is important to perceive climate change in accordance with a human rights perspective because of the devastating effects that dras...

Poverty and Aid

This paper provides two responses to a YouTube video that was produced by OXFAM America and concerns global poverty. Each of these...

Social Work Among the Elderly, An Overview

This paper presents an overview of urgent issues in social work that entail provision of services to older adults. Topics addresse...

Impact on Language Learning, Global Issues

This research paper explored organizational websites of intuitions that focus on global issues, such as environmental issues, pove...

Global Warming

There are two sociological problems discussed in this essay. The first section discusses aging and focuses on poverty among the el...