…Venezuela now rivals Haiti in poverty and underemployment. Really?! Dean points us to a recent study from CEPR. Poverty rates in terms of the number of people before 1999 exceeded…

…Here’s a couple more : Poverty : http://www.censusscope.org/us/map_poverty.gif http://www.poverties.org/images/new-map-of-poverty-in-the-united-states-21563467.jpg Inequality – Gini index : http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Gini_Index_US_Counties_2010.jpg It’s like Haiti. The slaves there were the first to stage a revolt , and…

…the second poorest in the Western Hemisphere, after Haiti) has seen a 238% increase in asylum applications from Central Americans in the last year. This serves as strong evidence that…

…taking a picture with Bill Clinton than about AIDS in Haiti. The same pattern repeats itself over and over. Gilbert Chagoury, a Nigerian billionaire of huge philanthropic endeavors — he…

…economies also tend to do poorly when they relocate to the United States. As an example, GDP per capita for Haiti is much lower than GDP per capita for Hong…

…much slower to dispatch assistance to Puerto Rico than the Obama administration was to send help to Haiti after it was devastated by an earthquake in 2010. Except this 1878…

“Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” Trump said, according to these people, referring to African countries and Haiti. He then suggested that the United…

…as Haiti and El Savador. Trump’s comments do not go unverified by those on both sides of the political spectrum who attended this meeting on immigration between Senators, Representatives, and…

…country such as Norway rather than “shithole countries” like Haiti or from continents such as Africa. Representing 150 employees at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh in a…

…Chile, Haiti, with also the somewhat related but also somewhat distinct ones in Hong Kong as well. In short, this is a globally widespread movement that looks to shake up…