Jul 31, 2019
New film 'Push' explores the housing crisis and capitalism run amok
face2face
Leilani Farha and Fredrik Gertten explore gentrification and the right to housing in today's Face2Face podcast with David Peck.
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Jun 20, 2019
U.S. Congress marks Juneteenth with historic hearings on reparations and poverty
The real-world impacts of slavery were front and centre in Washington, D.C., this week, as hearings and public gatherings convened to address long-overdue racial and economic justice.
Jun 19, 2019
'Clean Hands' -- a film about family life and Central America
face2face
Michael Dominic talks about the ethics of cinéma vérité filmmaking, different versions of truth, poverty and white western development, empathy, curiosity and why the little things matter.
May 10, 2019
Maude Barlow speaks on poverty, populism and envisioning economic justice on our shared planet
Resh Budhu
We need a true vision of social solidarity and economic justice that can sustain our shared humanity and planet. Keynote speaker Maude Barlow will speak at the seventh annual Tommy Douglas Institute.
Apr 24, 2019
UN decade of family farming puts spotlight on food insecurity
The United Nations has declared the years 2019 to 2028 as the UN Decade of Family Farming, citing the need to stem hunger and work toward food security.
Mar 14, 2019
Billionaire claims about capitalism's benefits are wrong
Claims by billionaires like Bill Gates about capitalism heroically lifting humankind out of poverty turn out to be easily debunked. Imagine if that news got out.
Mar 13, 2019
The reality of modern-day slavery
The Hum Podcast
Julie Francoeur of Fairtrade Canada talks about how people get caught up in slavery, how it finds itself in nearly everything we own, and ways to address this ever-growing dilemma.
Mar 6, 2019
Film 'Next of Kin' explores lasting scars of broken families and the urgent need to improve our child welfare system
face2face
"Next of Kin" is a detective story in which the goal is not to catch a killer but to save a life. But what if one family connection could alter their future? Nadine Pequeneza talks about her film.
Feb 27, 2019
Vuyiseka Dubula-Majola on the fight for HIV treatment in South Africa
The Hum Podcast
South African AIDS activist Vuyiseka discusses the process of being diagnosed with HIV, the socio-economic politics associated with treatment, and why she has so much hope for the future of activism.
Jan 11, 2019
Defining poverty in Canada as a social disease first step to healing it
Penney Kome
Members of the new federal Advisory Committee on Canada's Poverty Reduction Strategy all have personal experience of poverty, and they are working to build resilient communities across the country.
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