China’s Urban Immigrants: A Diet of Bitterness
A handful of new books, both academic and popular, explore the complexities of China’s rural-to-urban migration.
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What Happens to All Those Hotel Soap Bars?
The Global Soap Project aims to tidy those slivers’ trip to the landfill by sending reclaimed soap to poor countries.
Library Parks Foster Community in Colombia
Medellín, Colombia’s “library parks” — built for its poorest residents — are bringing sanity and community to one of the world’s most violent cities.
Neglected Tropical Diseases Neglected No More?
World health leaders announce coordinated push to eradicate or control neglected tropical diseases.
One Laptop Per Child Redux
Declared dead just two years ago, the plan to provide every child in the developing world with a computer shows signs of life.
Rating LA’s Safety Levels by ZIP Code
A new scorecard for violence prevention in Los Angeles puts hard numbers on hard problems, and does it for every ZIP code in the sprawling city.
Review: Seeing Haiti’s Distress as People, Not Statistics
The new book "A Promise in Haiti" focuses on three families and puts meat on the bones of a nation most of the world sees as just a carcass.
Improved Poverty Metrics Show Aid Does Help
A better reading of American poverty by the Census Bureau shows more are poor than thought, but also that aid programs and tax credits can make a difference.
Poor Neighborhoods Mean Fewer High School Grads
Growing up in poor neighborhoods significantly reduces the chances that a child will graduate from high school, sociologists say. Black children fare worst of all.
Climate Change, Agricultural Production and Africa’s Poor
With climate change set to wreck agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa, what will happen to the world's poorest people?