We need an Economic Bill of Rights to save American democracy
Blog / 5th October 2023The time has come for a grand progressive coalition that will press the Democratic Party to redeem FDR’s 1944 call for a second Bill of Rights – guaranteeing economic security for all, write Harvey J. Kaye and Alan Minsky for Common Dreams.
Poverty and hunger eradication targeted to miss UN’s 2030 deadline by wide margins
Blog / 2nd October 2023When the UN’s 193 member states reviewed the current status of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger by 2030, the verdict was mostly failures—and with little or no successes.
World leaders need to prioritize the more than 1 billion people living in informal settlements
Blog / 18th August 2023By 2050, nearly 70% of the world’s population is expected to live in urban areas, making the proliferation of informal settlements inevitable – unless world governments take bold action.
From crisis to resilience: We need a new recipe to combat hunger
Blog / 9th August 2023A decent nutritious diet is now out of reach for nearly half the planet. We need a completely new recipe to address hunger and rebuild countries’ capacity to produce the food they require, writes Olivier De Schutter for IPS news.
Cancel the debt now to deliver climate justice
Blog / 27th June 2023Global South countries spend 5 times more on repaying debt than addressing the climate crisis. With 160 days to go before COP28, activists are calling on rich countries to ‘Cancel The Debt for Climate Justice’.