Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : Poverty and economic justice

June 13, 2011 issue

• Poor are a good investment

  One important way to help those in need, especially those unable to earn for themselves, is through generous giving. Another way we can offer much needed help, especially to those able and eager to work, is by making generous loans available from our savings.

April 25, 2011 issue

• Bluffton studies paths out of poverty

  BLUFFTON, Ohio — How a society can escape poverty begins with having more or better versions of four things, according to a Bluffton University economist.

March 14, 2011 issue

• Mennonites join Wisconsin budget protests

  Joanne Juhnke, a librarian and mother of two, held firmly to her bullhorn as she stood among 1,000 protestors inside the Capitol Rotunda in Madison, Wis., on Feb. 17.

Feb. 28, 2011 issue

• Heart where our treasure is

  For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. — Luke 12:34

Feb. 7, 2011 issue

• MC USA part of ecumenical call to work against racism

  Church leaders from across the country, including three Mennonite Church USA staff, issued what they say is the first response to Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”

Jan. 24, 2011 issue

• Anabaptists in Washington focus on King, collaboration

  WASHINGTON — Capital area Anabaptists drew inspiration from Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 15 and sought ways to partner together more effectively.

• Debit cards spell relief for Pakistan flood victims

  More than 1.6 million flood victims in Pakistan will soon flash plastic debit cards as a way to get back on their feet after last summer’s monsoon deluge, which left millions homeless.

Jan. 3, 2011 issue

• A path out of poverty

  NEWTON, Kan. — Jerica Hinshaw, a single mother working her way out of poverty, had just moved to a new rental house.

Dec. 20, 2010 issue

• Presidential election protests paralyze Haiti, MCC

  After Haiti’s electoral council announced presidential election results Dec. 7, the country shut down due to widespread unrest. Likewise, most relief and development efforts, including that of Mennonite Central Committee, were temporarily suspended.

Oct. 18, 2010 issue

• With love for homeland, Zimbabwean’s gifts grow

  PERKIOMENVILLE, Pa. — When Gwab Mpofu flew from the U.S. to Zimbabwe in 2000, he had two bags: one with gifts and one with his own belongings.

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