UN: ‘American Dream’ rapidly becoming ‘American Illusion’
December 18, 2017
The United States, one of the world’s richest nations and the “land of opportunity,” is fast becoming a champion of inequality, according to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston.
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Study: Some 60% of P.R.’s children living in poverty
June 14, 2017
Puerto Rican children and their families face significant economic distress, according to the 2017 Kids Count Data Book released Tuesday by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
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UN: ‘Human rights cannot be sidelined” in PR crisis
January 10, 2017
The United Nations Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights has called for fair solutions to the huge debt crisis in Puerto Rico, warning that ratcheting up austerity measures will threaten residents’ human rights and worsen the U.S. territory’s “intolerable” poverty levels.
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