With crumbling public education, crumbling infrastructure, low wage, insecure jobs and sky rocketing health care costs survival for the poorest Americans can only be managed on a day to day basis. Australian professor Philip Alston, a United Nations special rapporteur on extreme ...read more

There is a huge industry in America built on the myth that you can become infinitely wealthy and happy through the use of self empowerment techniques. At the helm of this gigantic money making scheme are characters like Robert Kiyosaki of the Rich Dad, Poor Dad book series, ...read more

By Ben Cohen: When faced with a serious problem, it is always crucial to understand exactly what you are dealing with in order to change it. The first step is an awareness of the problem itself - if you don't see it, you can't fix it, and the problem remains. And if everyone ...read more