THE STATE OF FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION IN THE WORLD Excerpt: The main indicator for monitoring progress on the eradication of hunger in the world reported here is the prevalence […]
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ARTICLE: Economic Development
Article via AllThat’sInteresting: The Racist Origins Of America’s Suburbs And The Story Of The First Black Family To Move In
The Racist Origins Of America’s Suburbs And The Story Of The First Black Family To Move In Excerpt: Bill Myers had seen the promise splashed across newspapers and magazines around […]
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Article & Interactive via NYT: How Does Your State Make Electricity?
How Does Your State Make Electricity? Excerpt: America isn’t making electricity the way it did two decades ago: Natural gas has edged out coal as the country’s leading generation source … […]
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Article via TheDailyStar: RMG industry as the major employment sector
RMG industry as the major employment sector Excerpt: The ready-made garment (RMG) industry in Bangladesh is entering an important new chapter in its history. Decisions made now by the industry […]
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Article via WRAL: Health care deserts are growing in North Carolina
Health care deserts are growing in North Carolina Excerpt: Rural hospitals have been closing at an alarming rate. Since 2010, 53 rural hospitals have closed in 11 southern states. Five […]
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Article via CNN: South Africa is the world’s most unequal country. 25 years of freedom have failed to bridge the divide
South Africa is the world’s most unequal country. 25 years of freedom have failed to bridge the divide Excerpt: More than two decades have passed since South Africa overhauled a […]
Read MoreArticle via theConversation: Is China worsening the developing world’s environmental crisis?
Is China worsening the developing world’s environmental crisis? Excerpt: The developing world is in the midst of an environmental crisis. Simply breathing the air is a leading cause of death. […]
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Article via Brookings: Africa’s 3 deadly deficits: Education, electricity, and taxes
Africa’s 3 deadly deficits: Education, electricity, and taxes Excerpt: In 2016, per capita income growth in sub-Saharan Africa turned negative for the first time in the 2000s. Thanks to the […]
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Article via UNNews: ‘Shadow’ of persistent inequality is growing, key UN human development report reveals
‘Shadow’ of persistent inequality is growing, key UN human development report reveals Excerpt: While health, education, and income levels have improved overall across the globe, “wide inequalities” both among and […]
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Infographic via BrilliantMaps: Land Reclamation in the Netherlands 1300 Vs 2000
Land Reclamation in the Netherlands 1300 Vs 2000 The map comparison above shows what the land area of what makes up the Netherlands today, looked like in 1300 compared to […]
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Article via 99%Invisible: Thermal Delight
Thermal Delight Excerpt: In the summer of 1902, the Sackett and Wilhelms Lithography & Printing Company in Brooklyn, New York had a problem. They were trying to print an issue of […]
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NEWS via Marketplace: Small-scale manufacturing is on the rise in American cities
Time: 3 min. 36 sec. Have students listen to a contemporary example of how one Rust-Belt city is making it’s comeback (Duluth, Minn.) This would be a great story to […]
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NEWS via CNN Money: Venezuela brain drain: I miss mom, but don’t want to go back
Human Geography connection: This article hits on multiple topics including brain drain, migration, immigration visas, refugees, and political corruption within Venezuela. Alejandro Nava is leaving his home in Venezuela, and […]
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NEWS & RESOURCE via Washington Post: Germany reunified 26 years ago, but some divisions are still strong
This 2016 article highlights how effects of border changes are still evident today. The article uses choropleth maps to highlight some of the biggest difference between East and West Berliners. […]
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NEWS via psMag: Ironic Gentrification and the Migration of Globalization
Ironic Gentrification and the Migration of Globalization BY JIM RUSSELL • March 20, 2014 • 2:00 AM Cherry blossom trees in Buffalo, New York, in bloom. (Photo DragonFire1024/Wikimedia Commons) Higher education and […]
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NEWS via TheAtlanticCities.com: America’s 1,000 Richest Neighborhoods
America’s 1,000 Richest Neighborhoods RICHARD FLORIDA MAR 13, 2014 Carolyn Williams/Flickr America’s “one percent” are a privileged bunch. It takes an adjusted gross income of almost $400,000 to be counted among those […]
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NEWS via BloombergBusinessWeek: Megadams Are Dismal Investments
Megadams Are Dismal Investments By Blake Schmidt March 13, 2014 Photograph by Taylor Weidman/Zuma Press Indigenous Munduruku men at the quarry site for Belo Monte It’s hard to overstate the massive proportions […]
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NEWS via CNN: Plugging China’s talent pool
Plugging China’s talent pool By Zarina Banu for CNN March 20, 2014 — Updated 0603 GMT (1403 HKT) Many are leaving China for reasons like education, food and wealth security and air […]
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NEWS via ABQjournal: Mexican economy’s growth in overdrive
Mexican economy’s growth in overdrive By Jerry Pacheco / For the Journal PUBLISHED: Monday, March 17, 2014 at 12:05 am The current economic situation in Mexico reminds me of what was […]
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NEWS via NPR: Who Had Richer Parents, Doctors Or Artists
Who Had Richer Parents, Doctors Or Artists A few weeks ago, we were sitting around the office arguing over this simple question: Who had richer parents, journalists or people working […]
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NEWS via CNN: Crimea-Economic fallout of a ‘yes’ vote
Crimea: Economic fallout of a ‘yes’ vote By Alanna Petroff and Mark Thompson @CNNMoney March 15, 2014: 7:54 AM ET Crimea is voting on Sunday in a referendum to decide if the […]
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NEWS via Guardian Liberty Voice: China Population Structure Change Demands Economic Reform
China Population Structure Change Demands Economic Reform Added by Tina Zhang on March 15, 2014. On March 13, China’s annual parliament meeting closed. Reforms in financialsector, economic structure, environmental protection, and many other […]
Read MoreNEWS via CNN Money: 11 cities where workers are disappearing
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Cincinnati, Cleveland and Dayton, Ohio The labor force has been shrinking in all of Ohio’s major cities other than its state capital, Columbus. Cleveland has lost 52,000 […]
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RESOURCE: Life and Debt-Video and Guided Worksheet
Life and Debt (2001) The video Life and Debt is a fantastic documentary that discusses the economic struggles that post-colonial countries such as Jamaica face. The majority of the video […]
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NEWS via NewYorkTimes: Some Who Fled Cuba Are Returning to Help
Some Who Fled Cuba Are Returning to Help By DAMIEN CAVEMARCH 4, 2014 At Atelier, foreigners and Cubans find food and service that had disappeared from Havana for decades. Credit […]
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