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...break by expanding the Earned Income Tax and Child Tax Credits. We can ensure that parents all across this country don?t have to choose between the job they need and the heartache of leaving their child in substandard care by guaranteeing access to quality child care. And when hardship hits when a job is lost, we should expand eligibility for Unemployment Insurance so families don't slip deeper into trouble...
Those actions constitute a frightening new layer of hardship for those living in already devastated regions, many of whom are dependent on foreign aid for survival. The study implicated staff at every level of aid and peacekeeping organizations, from guards to senior managers, and "a mix of local, national and international personnel, including staff described as 'black,' 'white,' "foreign' and 'local' people." The overwhelming majority of offenders were men, and most victims girls. Peacekeeping troops were reported as abusers more often than aid workers, but this could be due to the far greater number of troops and higher rates...
...abuse, but may not address the heart of the issue: accountability. If the U.N. is unable to properly punish offenders, and local authorities in at-risk areas are unwilling to do so, abusers remain free. That impunity is an additional blow for children victimized not only by poverty and hardship, but in some cases by the very people sent to protect them...
...wind power for electricity generation. The E.U. is still committed to increasing the use of biofuels, but it has belatedly been recognized that large-scale production of crops for fuel rather than for food is a major cause of the surge in food prices that is causing severe hardship in much of the developing world. Moreover, approximately as much carbon-based energy is used in the production of most biofuels as is saved by their...
Hillary Clinton still believes that the realities of economic hardship can quash the politics of hope, that American voters will choose cheaper gas before inspiration, that stadium-sized crowds will never matter as much as the price of milk. In an era of tight wallets, she believes the fight of a hardscrabble realist is more powerful than the potential of a visionary...