September 2017
Some of the worst hurricanes experienced by the United States and its territories were: The Galveston, (Texas) Hurricane – (September 8, 1900) taking the lives of 8,000-12,000 people and:
Homeowners and Poverty
August 2017
There are many homeowners, across the spectrum of urban and rural America, who cannot repair a roof, fix dripping pipes or replace things like decayed surfaces. Although they some how qualified for a home loan, no one gave them a memo on the expense of up keeping a non-landlord property and the expected cost of maintaining owned real estate.
Photo: A family that gained a brand new home through a partnered project between Redemption Song and Habitat for Humanity. [Read more…]
The Culture of Poverty
July 2017
The culture of poverty covers an area of sociological interest that focuses on the generational behavior patterns that create poverty from one generation to another. Culture is a driving force in the way one thinks, behaves and makes decisions in life, which transform to outcomes and poverty, as a culture, does no different.
Loss of Financial Stability and Dignity in Illness
June 2017
Healthcare coverage is extended to citizens of all industrialized nations; yet in the United States, a country that boast its advanced status in the world, there was no real alarm among its citizens, for the lack of healthcare. Is our culture too engulfed in consumerism that an important issue, such as a structured healthcare system, missed the consciousness of America?
Childhood Hunger in America
May 2017
According to NOKID Hungry, over 13 million household children in the US experience food insecurity. Notice these are household figures, eliminating homelessness as a juxtaposition for the cause of hunger that these particular children experience.
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