Security and Water in Israel

A recent report from Amnesty International finds that Israel has developed discriminatory practices that have created sever water scarcity for Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Much has been made of the potential for resource scarcity to cause violent security issues.  In this case it seems that insecurity has resulted in resource scarcity.  According [...]

Rising Poverty, relative to what?

New reports from the NAS poverty measure show that 1 in 6 Americans are living in poverty.  The news here is that the NAS figure increases the number of impoverished Americans by nearly 8 million over estimates that are based on the census bureaus index.  The NAS measure accounts for increased health, transportation, childcare, and [...]