Millennium Villages
Go inside a Millennium Village, a UN effort developed by Jeffrey Sachs to intervene in a number of areas of need (agriculture, health,...
What is the Millennium Villages Project?
The Millennium Villages Project seeks to meet the multi-faceted problem of poverty with a multi-faceted answer that meets goals relating...
Faces of Wage Theft
Join us as we examine a major issue facing persons from all walks of life that is often hidden from sight. We talk to wage theft victims...
Benefit Corporations
Visit an Oakland-based Benefit Corporation who gives their profits back to charities chosen by their customers. Meet the charities and...
Indigenous Rights
We look at how centuries-old agreements are still heavily influential today, in both a legal battle in Minnesota between the state...
Microlending
We look at the strengths and weaknesses of microlending both as an idea and a tool for poverty alleviation, talking with experts in the...
Poverty Is a System
Go to Tanzania to see how health care and education are being used to deal with major illnesses in rural communities. We discuss the...
Cottage Industries
Cottage Industries are used to help bring people out of poverty by creating the means for the poor to sustain themselves. Go inside the...
Emerging Markets
Can one person make a difference? Follow two married American entrepreneurs who are doing just that in Ghana, with wells, pineapples, and...
Fresh Start
'Fresh Start' is a corrections program in Berrien County jail that aims to break the cycle of offending that its enrollees, and many...