The Canary Islands, Spain’s Paradise Lost

The country’s hard-won welfare state system is in reverse gear, with rights and social justice being handed back to charities, as was the case in pre-constitutional Spain.
Numbness, Rage and Hope: The Cambodian Children in My Life

Eradicating that disease of worthlessness starts with expectations… Poverty doesn’t mean you lower expectations, it means that they must be even higher because of the myriad of challenges that the children have to maneuver through in their lives.