What does it take to make poverty an important news story? 35 Articles

by Simonne Liberty

The issue of poverty has existed since the beginning of time. The sin of GREED guarantees that poverty will always be a problem in society. The Bible is full of advice and commandments on how to treat the poor. Many Christ...read more

by Ginger Betzer

Sadly enough, poverty has become a very important news story in America today. With all the coverage concerning economic recovery, stimulus, and Obama bail outs, the focus of our media bombards us with the crisis in our ...read more

by Apadharna Sivakumar

Poverty is one issue that will never die. Poverty is one issue that touches the emotions, feelings, attitudes and behaviour of millions of people, anywhere in the world, almost every day. However, one needs to follow s...read more

by Michelle Wilkinson

Poverty only seems to become an important news story when the powers-that-be decide it is an important issue. When the G8 countries decide to have a little get together and talk about rising fuel prices and the rise in foo...read more

by Akram Saqib

Poverty that is the conglomerate of bad luck and worse circumstances is a main headline of the news magazines and journals. Poverty is a dragon that has many ugly facets.These varied shapes of this anathema are a source...read more

by Petra Newman

The reporter warned us the scenes we were about to see would be disturbing, yet millions watched with shocked fascination and horror at the macabre scene of hundreds and thousands of displaced people in refugee camps where...read more

by Virginia Gaces

Poverty is like a bad, scary movie. It doesn't seem real, not until it happens to you. Poverty in Third World developing countries is widespread and opens your eyes to the reality. Street children and homeless people are ...read more

by F.M

Many die in Sub-Saharan Africa of malnutrition, diseases and illnesses. Countries in Asia and South America are not spared and the same can also be attributed to some parts of Eastern Europe. The plight of the poor in the ...read more

by Jonathan Clayton

Why Isn't Poverty an Important News Story? Because it Dosen't Affect The Right People! After having read a few articles about this topic. It's obvious to me that there is a real misconception about poverty. Poverty is pu...read more

by James Skye

"No greater burden can be borne by an individual than to know no one cares or understands." So wrote author Arthur H. Stainback. This truism resonates among us all from time to time, but it finds particular significanc...read more

by Barbara Stanley

The sixty second commercials paid for by the many leading charities will never portray the total crisis of poverty in our world. Most commercials are tuned out by the masses or have become the background of our lives. The ...read more

by Joseph Malek

When a significant number of people within any society or any Country become impoverished the plight of those people is an indication of how the people who run the Government of the particular Country have failed to provid...read more

by Kirk Olivier

Its dinner time, the man of the house sits at the head of the table patiently waiting for his loving wife to hand him the pot roast. He dishes himself a fair sized portion and hands the plate onto his wife and down the li...read more

by Fiona Clements

What does it take to make poverty an important news story? It is true to say bush fires, hurricanes, stabbings, terrorists attacks, terminal illnesses and war are justifiably news items which are filtered in to millions o...read more

by Donald Carvell Donald Carvell

Poverty will become a powerful story when media show`s so many thousands of young children dying daily. Let people see the reality power of leaving the masses without food water. This a vital news story that the media shou...read more

by Kira Neel

Merriam-Webster's online dictionary defines the word important as "marked by or indicative of significant worth or consequence : valuable in content or relationship." Therefore, when asking what it takes to make poverty an...read more

by Birupakshya Dixit

Human beings are quite emotional by their nature. They show sympathy and concerns to poor people and in many parts of the globe, number of people try to help those are suffering. This character of human beings creates inte...read more

by Lawrence Sanchez

What does it take to make poverty an important news story? This is a topic that people as well as governments do not want to acknowledge or admit. You may ask why or how is it possible that such a problem can be ignored or...read more