In America, only the rich can afford to write about poverty.

Join us: facebook.com/earthwithoutpoverty In America, only the rich can afford to write about poverty. There’s something wrong with the fact that a relatively affluent person can afford to write about minimum wage jobs while people experiencing them can’t. I know a number of qualified journalists who are too busy working retail shifts to do the […]

Stained Underwear & Other Donations Nightmares.

Stained Underwear & Other Donations Nightmares. The Indian-American charity ClothesForHelp.org is fed up of being treated by some people as a garbage dumpster when it comes to its clothes donation program and is pulling no punches in its new and provocative awareness campaign: Would You Wear This? After six years of collecting and delivering 13,000+ […]

Inside Cuba’s DIY internet revolution.

Join us : facebook.com/earthwithoutpoverty Inside Cuba’s DIY internet revolution. YOU’LL BE SITTING in the magnificently beautiful ruin of Havana, surrounded by decaying stonework and pastel-colored Detroit rolling iron, and you’ll be ignoring it all to swipe down on your Facebook feed like a cocaine addict licking his snort mirror—which you are, of course: a depraved cokehead […]

14 billionaires join Bill Gates, Warren Buffett in giving away more than half their money.

Join us: facebook.com/earthwithoutpoverty 14 billionaires join Bill Gates, Warren Buffett in giving away more than half their money. Welcome the newest class of billionaires who have pledged to give the majority of their wealth to philanthropic causes. Fourteen more billionaires have signed on to the Giving Pledge – the initiative created by Bill and Melinda […]

World’s first solar-powered hydrogen development takes homes 100% off-grid.

Join us:facebook.com/earthwithoutpoverty World’s first solar-powered hydrogen development takes homes 100% off-grid. An innovative off-grid housing development in Chiang Mai, Thailand has set a new milestone in the journey towards greener and more sustainable living. Developed by CNX Construction and owned by Sebastian-Justus Schmidt, the Phi Suea House is powered entirely by a solar-hydrogen system — a world’s first for energy storage […]

What Does It Take To Eradicate A Disease? Just Ask India.

Join us : facebook.com/earthwithoutpoverty What Does It Take To Eradicate A Disease? Just Ask India. As a train pulls into Moradabad, India, it is swarmed by groups of volunteers in bright yellow vests. From outside the cars, the volunteers — from India and all over the world — begin reaching through windows and grasping at […]

Why the Myth of Meritocracy Hurts Kids of Color.

Join us: facebook.com/earthwithoutpoverty Why the Myth of Meritocracy Hurts Kids of Color. Brighton Park is a predominantly Latino community on the southwest side of Chicago. It’s a neighborhood threatened by poverty, gang violence, ICE raids, and isolation—in a city where income, race, and zip code can determine access to jobs, schools, healthy food, and essential services. It […]

India’s preference for sons has created a nation of tiny people.

Join us: facebook.com/earthwithoutpoverty India’s preference for sons has created a nation of tiny people. Indian children are among the shortest in the world, and the country’s preference for sons might be to blame. Globally, one in four children under the age of five is stunted—that is, they grew at a slower rate than a healthy […]

Stop Donating Cans to Food Banks – Here’s Why.

Join us: fb.com/earthwithoutpoverty Stop Donating Cans to Food Banks – Here’s Why. It’s one of the most cherished practices of the holiday season, and it may also be unwittingly robbing resources from some of our most important charities. You’ve seen it at the office. You’ve seen it at the library. You’ve seen it at your […]

Bill Gates Makes an additional $5 Billion donation.

Join us: fb.com/earthwithoutpoverty Bill Gates Makes an additional $5 Billion donation. Bill Gates made his largest single gift since the turn of the century, giving away Microsoft Corp. shares that accounted for 5 percent of his fortune, the world’s biggest. The billionaire donated 64 million of the software maker’s shares to the Bill & Melinda Gates […]