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In the APJC Archive we have accumulated a list of links to recent articles on poverty as well as to sites with exceptional in-depth reporting and academic research.

May 28, 2005

L.A. Daily News report on the disatrous effects predatory lending in Hispanic immigrant communities (dailynews.com)

Kevin Fagan's December 2003 "Shame of the City" serial, a special report on the homeless of San Francisco (San Francisco Chronicle)

Changes in international money transferring industry allow migrant workers to send more money home (ipsnews.net)

May 21, 2005

New York Times special on philanthropy (nytimes.com)

Book excerpt from Jeffrey D. Sach's The End of Poverty, published in the March 14, 2005 edition of Time magazine.(PDF file from earthinstitute.columbia.edu)

Under new budget, faith-based organizations will take on raised funds, increasing significance in fighting poverty (washingtonpost.com)

May 18, 2005

Berger reflects upon the purpose of poverty and developmental journalism as well as the duty of the news media to influence change as well as interpret the implications of poverty (South Africa Regional Poverty Network)

New York Times reporter James Traub investigates the role of the culture of poverty in affecting the potential of poor children to succeed in school (nytimes.com)

May 12, 2005

Washington, D.C.-- 2005 RFK Journalism Award Winners Announced, to Be Honored in the Nation's Capitol May 24 (rfkmemorial.org)

The March 1999 issue of The New Internationalist expounded upon the "theme" of poverty through discussion of its definition as well as the implications of poverty on humanity and the world as a whole (newint.org)

Africa News Service examines the role of the media in ameliorating world poverty (Infotrac/Expanded Academic ASAP)

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2005 RFK Journalism Award Winners Named, to Be Honored May 24

U.N. claims that more than 12 million in forced labor worldwide

NY Times investigates problems of inner city schools in "What No School Can Do"