“Poverty Maps From 1980 Look Astonishingly Different Compared to 2010”
Read a July 2, 2013, article published by The Atlantic about how the geographic locations and racial makeup of poverty has changed.
Category: Poverty & welfare
“Poverty’s spread to suburbs strains social service agencies”
Read a July 7, 2013, article in at JournalNews.com about how poverty has spread into suburban areas.
“Overcoming generational poverty not an easy task”
Read a July 7, 2013, News-Gazette article about teachers working to overcome generational poverty by understanding the “culture of poverty.”
Eugene Cho
Eugene Cho is the founding and lead pastor at Quest Church, a Seattle church with a largely under-35 crowd. He’s also the founder of One Day’s Wages, a non-profit organization focused on global poverty.
Taz Tagore
Taz Tagore is the author of Seasons of Thanks: Graces and Blessings for Every Home. She is also co-founder of the Reciprocity Foundation, which works with homeless youth in New York.
“Faith and finance: Empowering faith leaders to care for congregants in financial crisis”
This December 2011 research report by North Caroline State University reports on the increase of incidents in which church members ask their religious leaders for financial advice.
“Pope Benedict Pins Economic Crisis On ‘Crisis Of Faith’ In His Christmas Speech To The Roman Curia”
Read a December 2011 story published in the Huffington Post about Pope Benedict XVI’s connection between the world economic crisis and the lack of religious faith.