Remembrance of things past is just for the rich. For the poor it only marks the faint traces on the path to death.
Ours is not a poor country and even though we are now a poor people, there should be no room for the despondency that has settled on large sections of the population.
I founded Samasource because I was frustrated by traditional approaches to poverty alleviation. Even those approaches focused on jobs often equip poor people with skills for which there is little market demand.
When rich people fight wars with one another, poor people are the ones to die.
Most poor people live in the poorest countries.
Hip-hop is a voice for voiceless poor people.
I was from very poor people: 11 of us in a two-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn. I wanted the large houses, the cars, jets, and yacht.
