A surge in financial speculation on maize is inflating prices for corn tortillas -- a staple food in Mexico -- and threatening the health and livelihoods of Mexico's poor. UK's...
Being a new mother is challenging enough, but what extra burdens do moms face in poor, rural communities? Tour the world's best and worst places to be a mother, in...
If a key indicator of the health of a democracy is the state of its journalism, the United States is in deep trouble. In this documentary Robert McChesney lays the...
Naoki had it all during Japan's bubble economy days. But come the crash of the early 90's, he lost everything, only to be saved by his new lower-class girlfriend, Yoshire...
Naoki had it all during Japan's bubble economy days. But come the crash of the early 90's, he lost everything, only to be saved by his new lower-class girlfriend, Yoshire...
While the magnitude of the earthquake that hit Haiti was extreme, the worst in the region in 200 years, what heavily contributed to the devastation of the quake was the...
Watch this music video, "Hear Me Now" by The Green Children, Marlow and Milla, a moving illustration of the success of microfinance in Bangladesh, which is lifting many out of...
In parts of the Kyrgyz Republic, food prices are so high that Aida Satybaldev and her husband Urmat have had to visit the Social Protection Office of their town and...
Pro Mujer is an international microfinance and women's development network whose mission is to provide Latin America's poorest women with the means to build livelihoods for themselves and futures for...
Pro Mujer in Peru began in 1999 building upon the knowledge and lessons learned in Bolivia and Nicaragua. The institution achieved self-sustainability by the end of 2002. Pro Mujer in...
Pro Mujer in Argentina began operations in November, 2005 in the city of Salta, a northern province near the Bolivian border. It received technical assistance and support from Pro Mujer...
Children's Defense Fund founder Marian Wright Edelman criticizes child poverty rates in America, using the image of a family with six children who only care for five.
This week Dateline returns to war-torn Afghanistan, where the rich get richer and the poor get even poorer. Also in this episode, an interview with Tony Blankley about John McCain's...
Author and film producer, Joan Blades, tells Link TV Station Manager, Wendy Hanamura, how the next president needs to listen to mothers and parents about their concerns and needs. While...
This action-filled documentary follows five real-life "social wrestlers" in Mexico City who have capitalized on the popularity of Mexico's larger than life Lucha Libre wrestlers to fight for social justice...
