Old-Age Poverty

Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema address thousands of his party supporters at its final "Tshupa Thela" elections rally at Orlando stadium in Soweto. Picture: Itumeleng English/African News Agency/ANA Johannesburg - The African National Congress…

GARBSEN, Germany In his native Syria, Mohammed Kassim worked as an electrician. But having learned the trade informally, he lacked the credentials to show for it. Now, in his adopted homeland, 30-year-old Kassim is receiving the training he never had. And he…

GARBSEN, Germany In his native Syria, Mohammed Kassim worked as an electrician. But having learned the trade informally, he lacked the credentials to show for it. Now, in his adopted homeland, 30-year-old Kassim is receiving the training he never had. And h…

President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses ANC supporters in Khayelitsha. Picture: Supplied In a late last push for votes in the Western Cape, the ANC and the DA were embroiled in war of words after President Cyril Ramaphosa visited Mitchells Plain, Gugulethu and K…

Known as Brazils Dalai Lama of the Rainforest, Davi Kopenawa is a shaman and leader of the Yanomami people, an indigenous tribe in the Amazon. His work to protect his tribes forest home from invaders and illegal gold miners has been recognized by the United …

It is no coincidence that folk singer, songwriter and social activist Pete Seeger (1919-2014) turns up as one of the important voices on the recently released Smithsonian Folkways box set The Social Power of Music (2019). Seeger, one of the towering figures o…

The state of Washington has passed the Long-Term Health Care Act, a first-in-the-nation law that will establish funds that workers can access when they need long-term care. It's a start toward dealing with the problems faced by families of the elderly, and es…

This year the Legislature passed bills that will lower the cost of health care for people on Obamacare, increase transparency in drug pricing, ensure equal reproductive health care access to LGBTQ people, create a new long-term care system, and possibly put t…

The excited cleaner at Royal Perth Hospital could barely speak after Bill Shorten stopped to greet her on his way to another campaign policy announcement.  Instead she shook her head and waved her hands as the Leader of the Opposition continued along the cor…

Steve Braunias looks into the killing of New Zealand schoolteacher Blair Peach on the 40th anniversary of his death at an anti-racism protest in London. English rain, constant, sometimes heavy, always miserable, falling all day long on that grey, bleak Monda…