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The article focuses on New York governor Kathy Hochul's deployment of National Guard members and police to address subway crime, despite crime statistics showing a decline in subway incidents. Critics argue that this measure may exacerbate public fear and divert resources from addressing underlying issues like homelessness and mental health, echoing similar tough-on-crime approaches in other cities that fail to address root causes like poverty.

The author reflects on the need for farmers in India. Topics discussed include the difficulty in overcoming poverty, the role of the fate of small farmers in the problem for poor nations, the link between a nation's prosperity and the proportion of gross domestic product generated by agriculture, the reason why farmers in the country do not want to leave farming, and suggestions that will help farmers in the country.

The article focuses on the resurgence of child labor in the U.S. and the need for strong labor protections to protect vulnerable children from exploitation. It discusses recent efforts to roll back child labor restrictions and highlights the plight of children engaged in illegal labor due to poverty and the failure of regulatory agencies to enforce existing laws.

The article discusses different priorities of farmers to support a family. Topic discussed includes, benefits from a substantial non-monetary economy, Finn's graphs of declining percentages that do not necessarily indicate a decline in actual farm incomes or an increase in farm-family poverty and declining share of agricultural Gross domestic product (GDP) and declining share of income spent on food.

The article focuses on financial collapse in Lebanon by governing elite that has seen loss of saving and mentions pandemic that has pushed the nation into outright destitution. Topics discussed include population below the poverty line estimated by the United Nations (UN), faculty and staff quit struggled by the American University of Beirut and continuos support for the political Maronitism.

The article discusses realities about farming today and fails to center the autonomy of the farmer or prioritize solidarity with the farmer in the fate of global agriculture. Topic discussed includes a nation's Gross domestic product (GDP) increases, a decline in total agriculture employment follows, an economic factor, income elasticity of demand for food, that will be impossible to end rural poverty by supporting more agricultural workers.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the authors experience of having adoption including unmarried teenager escaping from poverty and ostracization with two parents in America.

The article focuses on address from Pope Francis to foreign diplomats enumerating political priorities and mentions creeping illiberalism on college campuses and in media. Topics discussed include English translation that misses metaphor of views of pope on diplomacy, agendas dictated by mindset rejecting foundations of humanity and interconnected crises of global war, poverty and migration.

The article presents an account of the plight of Central American migrants as they try to enter the U.S. through Mexico. The majority of migrants are from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras who leave to escape extreme poverty and violent crimes committed by gangs. Previously, migrants were able to ride in trains but now have been forced to walk up to the U.S. border. Migrants are subject to deportation by Mexican government agents and are subject to robberies and assaults by gangs.

The article presents views of David Beasley, the director of the World Food Program, on challenges of starvation and poverty, acute malnutrition by children faced in Afghanistan. Topics discussed include Afghanistan's wheat crop ruined by the case of crisis of drought, control of the country taken by Taliban after withdrawal of U.S. forces and collapse of Afghan economy.

The article focuses on the issues that should be considered by U.S. Catholics in voting for Republicans or Democrats in the 2006 elections. The Democrats support the proposal of providing federal funding for stem-cell research. Both the Republicans and Democrats have failed to endorse radical action to stop women from having abortion. It argues that the Republicans in Congress do not accept the preference for the poor that underlies Catholic thinking about economic decision making.

Discusses why globalization aids the poor. Achievements of liberalized trade; Discussion on the social costs of globalization; Effects of the imposition of trade sanctions.

In the article, the author examines the steps taken by the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden on the immigration crisis in the U.S.-Mexico border. He claims that Biden's actions and policies are similar to his predecessor Donald Trump. Other topics include the reasons behind the flux of immigrants like crime, poverty and corruption, and Biden's other actions like restarting the Central American Minors program.

Discussion of Mexico's debt problems. Default, wage restraints. Institutional Revolutionary Party, National Action Party, and possible solutions are highlighted in this article.

The article discusses two types of economic libertarian namely those in the natural-rights tradition who looks at protection of property rights as a moral imperative and those whose outlook is based in economics. Topics discussed include St. Thomas Aquina's discussion of property, modern Catholic social teaching more favorable to the institution of private ownership and Fr. Robert Sirico's claim that every redistribution scheme that defied the right to private property created more poverty.

The article discusses the ethics of "poverty tourism." Promoters have been offering tours to slum areas to entice tourists as well as to attract donors for nonprofit aid and religious groups including the Kibera slum in Nairobi, favelas in Rio de Janeiro and the Dhavari district of Mumbao. Refered to as urban "slumming" or "reality tourism" many critics and detractors believe that this practice exploits and dehumanizes slum dwellers. Questions arise on who benefits economically from these slum tours and whether the benefits outweigh the disadvantages.

In this article the author opines that poverty forces one towards others even when one is unequipped, and this communion is the real wealth of Christians. Topics include it takes money to be Christian—snuggles in the hearts of many Christians trying to practice the works of mercy under the bright sun of capitalism and how many ministries, charities, and projects are proposed as a brilliant means to build the kingdom of God.

The Brazilian program under which companies received a tax break for investing in reforestation, has resulted in increased poverty. As land ownership was concentrated in the hands of a few companies, farmers, without trade skills, have been forced into a life of poverty once their land was bought. Other examples of man-made poverty in Brazil; Catholic Church's Land Pastoral Commission.

The article focuses on how usurers or loan providers prey on ignorance and desperation. Topics include the vast majority of those who rely on usurious lenders in India are forced to do so by grinding poverty and the lack of any kind of social safety net and in a People's Tribunal in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, sixty victims of usury came forward to tell their stories.

The article discusses the campaign for the compatibility of Catholicism with capitalism. Topics discussed include Tim Busch's opinion-editorial in the "Wall Street Journal" in which he praised the power of the free markets to eliminate poverty, the Catholic Church's belief that the right to private property must always be subordinated to common use and Pope Francis' condemnation of the free-market system's sacralized workings.

The author discusses ways to address the international food crisis. He stresses the need to associate increasing food production with trade policies that reinforce financial commitments to agriculture in places threatened by food insecurity. He also emphasizes the need for the U.S. Congress and the administration of President Barack Obama to reframe foreign assistance to make it more effective in alleviating poverty. He suggests to direct more of the foreign assistance to programs that will help poor people.

The article discusses ways to address the international food crisis as of 2009. Approximately 130 million people are said to have been added into the category of poverty due to the international food crisis. The increasing prices of agricultural commodities is one of the factors contributing to the food crisis. According to the author, international food security could not be achieved only by increasing food production noting that trade policies that strengthen financial support for agriculture are also needed.

The article focuses on the belief of Pope Benedict XVI that peace may be built by fighting poverty. In his New Year message to mark the World Day of Peace, the pope quoted the late Pope John Paul II and stated that poverty poses a threat to the harmonious progress of the world community. It cites the food riots in Haiti and Egypt, the violence in the Holy Land and the dependency of the people in Gaza on food aid as the impacts of poverty. The pope also emphasized the role of global solidarity in the campaign against poverty.

The article focuses on the implications of the plan of U.S. congressional Republicans to make illegal immigration a crime. Illegal immigrants from Latin America can argue that they are breaking immigration laws because of poverty and the economic opportunity that can be provided in the U.S. Wealthy nations have an obligation to accept immigrants from underdeveloped nations according to the Catholic social tradition. The U.S. government is regulating the immigration process to safeguard its security.

Views on the reauthorization bill for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families welfare reform program issued by the U.S. House of Representatives on May 16, 2002. Effect of the program; Details on poverty in the U.S.; Role of the program in reducing poverty; Arguments of critics on a provision in the bill.

Focuses on the employment status of the poor community in the United States as of June 2000. Prevalence of unemployment among the poor; Reasons for the persistence of high levels of poverty; Efforts of the government to take action on problems such as education, health care and poverty; Effectiveness of the government's antipoverty programs.

Focuses on poverty in the United States (US). How the US Bureau of Census designates a family as poor; Three ways poverty was misrepresented; Definition of poverty in a non-economic context. FN.-Ed

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of answering his almost four-year old son's questions about some words such as "frustration" and "poor."

Describes the influence of the 1928 novel `Mr. Blue' by Myles Connolly on the writer. Mr. Blue's world view compared to the ideas of the 1980's; Poverty and eccentricity.

Describes the United Nations summit on social development in March 1995 which called for a new moral consensus on poverty. Attendance of grassroots organizers, microcredit officers and other nongovernment people; UN conferences; Argument over the merits of the wording `extreme poverty' versus `abject poverty'; Solutions to problems at NGO sessions; Hillary Clinton's speech on the importance of education for girls.

The author contends that African society's tolerance for diverse religions, lack of skepticism and poverty have made Tanzania and other African countries destinations for religious missionaries and entrepreneurs. He says that African communities are open to all sorts of religious symbols, garments and rites as they believe in the importance of public expression of faith. While the offering of public prayers is opposed in other countries, Christian prayers for bus passengers are reportedly welcomed in struggling African countries.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "Gullible Travels," by Beth Dufresne whish was published in the December 17, 2010 issue.

The article focuses on the late Dom Hélder Pessoa Câmara, archbishop of northeast Brazil. He points out that prayer has made the archbishop aware of the presence of God as well as of the poverty and injustice around him. Also noted is that Pessoa Câmara lived with the poor, had no housekeeper, no car and his door was always open. The centenary of the archbishop will be celebrated in February 2009.

Discusses unemployment and poverty in Shanghai, China. Predicted effects of the country's unlimited labor market of young men according to the article "The Chinese Century," published in "New York Times Magazine"; Description of how young men work; Reason for the increase in the number of street children with disabilities.

Emphasizes the difficulty of measuring world poverty. Efforts of alleviating poverty and promoting economic progress in poor countries; Achievement of the Millennium Development Goal; Issues debated among economists, policymakers and activists.

Narrates the author's experiences on dealing with poverty at home in 1933 in Texas. Effects of the Great Depression on parents; Author's departure from home as a boy on a train; Description of hobo life; Return to home; Working for a farmer in exchange for a meal.

Comments on the views on the social aspects of poverty according to the book `Passions and Constraint: On the Theory of Liberal Democracy,' by Adam Smith. Excerpt from the book; Flaws in the argument that poverty should be tolerated.