How a New Yorker Article Launched the First Shot in the War Against Poverty
When a powerful 1963 piece laid out the stark poverty in America, the White House took action
September 2012 |
By Jill Lepore
Inside the Plan to Get 100,000 Homeless Off the Streets
A new campaign has enjoyed stunning success in lowering the number of chronically homeless in the United States
June 2012 |
By Abigail Tucker
Help the Homeless? There's an App for That
Two doctors in Boston may have found a way to identify which homeless people are most in need of urgent medical care
May 17, 2012 |
By Abigail Tucker
The Secrets Behind Your Flowers
Chances are the bouquet you're about to buy came from Colombia. What's behind the blooms?
February 2011 |
By John McQuaid
In Haiti, the Art of Resilience
Within weeks of January's devastating earthquake, Haiti's surviving painters and sculptors were taking solace from their work
September 2010 |
By Bill Brubaker
Reinventing Rio
The dazzling but tarnished Brazilian city gets a makeover as it prepares for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games
September 2010 |
By Alan Riding
Rosamond Naylor on Feeding the World
The economist discusses the stresses that climate change and a greater world population will have on our food supply
August 2010 |
By Amanda Bensen
Melinda French Gates on Saving Lives
The co-chair of the world's largest philanthropy talks about what can be done to improve global health and poverty
August 2010 |
By Terence Monmaney
Out of the Guatemalan Gang Culture, an Artist
Carlos Perez could have been an artist or a gangster. Photographer Donna DeCesare helped him choose
February 2010 |
By Patti McCracken
The Fatal Consequences of Counterfeit Drugs
In Southeast Asia, forensic investigators using cutting-edge tools are helping stanch the deadly trade in fake anti-malaria drugs
October 2009 |
By Andrew Marshall
Colombia Dispatch 2: The Slums of El Pozon
In a vast impoverished neighborhood near the Caribbean coast, Colombians invade vacant lots hoping to become landowners
October 29, 2008 |
By Kenneth Fletcher
Colombia Dispatch 3: The Pedro Romero Program
The government's attempts to battle poverty reach communities of refugees from violence in the countryside
October 29, 2008 |
By Kenneth Fletcher
Paul Polak, Social Entrepreneur, Golden, Colorado
His new book advocates helping the world's poorest people one tool at a time
August 2008 |
By Abigail Tucker
Next Stop, Squalor
Is poverty tourism "poorism," they call it exploration or exploitation?
March 2007 |
By John Lancaster
