Politics Magazine
Both of these men are right. Poverty is violence, and it is not just incomprehensible, but inexcusable, that children still go hungry in a world with so much wealth. And Americans must shoulder a lion's share of the blame, since we live in the richest country in the world. Where is our social conscience? Why do so many U.S. politicians not even want to feed the hungry in our own country, when we should be doing so much worldwide?