Poverty is not intrinsically a trap, otherwise we would all still be poor.
Eddie Robinson is about one word: winning and losing.
Without an informed electorate, politicians will continue to use the bottom billion merely for photo opportunities, rather than promoting real transformation.
Change in the societies at the very bottom must come predominantly from within; we cannot impose it on them.
You are a citizen, and citizenship carries responsibilities.
Elections determine who is in power, but they do not determine how power is used.