Showing All "Poverty" Posts

Seriously? Another Slumdog Millionaire child's home was bulldozed to the ground without warning? Yikes. The Mumbai children who starred in that movie are cursed! (Of course, most of the Mumbai…   Read Story »
The home of Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, one of the child stars of the smash film Slumdog Millionaire, has been razed by authorities as part of a slum clearing initiative. Showbiz! Whatever, he's a…   Read Story »
More terrible news for the children of Slumdog Millionaire, of course. Woof. Well, this is what happens when you exploit people for "art" and, more importantly, "profit." It turns families…   Read Story »
The UK's News of the World published an EXPLOSIVE article this weekend claiming at the father of Rubina Ali, the cute little girl from Slumdog Millionaire, a music video about how magical poverty is,…   Read Story »
This is an actual oven used to make food for humans in Liberia, because the world is a really horrible place. Reduce, reuse, re:(le. P.S. What's Blockbuster? (Via Buzzfeed.)   Read Story »
Aww. What a wonderful celebration of love, music, abject poverty, and aerobic stripper dances! MY FAVORITE PART IS THE NEW NOKIA WITH A TOUCHSCREEN INTERFACE! a) he cheated b) he's lucky c) he's a…   Read Story »
The AP reports that as Slumdog racked up win after win last night, the narrow, trash-strewn streets of Mumbai's slums were filled with joyous celebration as friends and family and well-wishers of the…   Read Story »
Salma Hayek set down the glass of champagne and smoothed out the creases in her elegant black ballgown. She had been pacing her glamorous super-expensive and fancy hotel room for hours now, nervously…   Read Story »
It's rare for a predatory form of low-stakes gambling that feeds primarily off of the nation's poorest citizens who can least afford to play, and who are often willfully ignorant of the disastrous…   Read Story »