STWR - Share The World's Resources

After his first year in office, many commentators suggest that President Obama has fallen short of achieving a progressive agenda for change. Three reviews explore the performance of the US administration in economic, social and foreign policy.

As well as creating an existential threat to life on the planet, rapidly accelerating climate change is a security challenge. Yet US security spending continues to be overwhelmingly concentrated on the tools of military force, rather than reducing carbon emissions, says a report by Miriam Pemberton.

Hunger and homlessness levels have risen in the US during 2008. Communities need urgent assistance from government to help expand efforts to end homelessness and provide resources for housing, says a new report by The US Conference of Mayors.

Food insecurity in the United States is increasing. Child hunger in the United States rose by 50 percent in 2007 and over 12 percent of Americans did not have enough food to maintain active, healthy lives, according to a report on Household Security by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

A report concluding that the Iraq War has generated a stunning sevenfold increase in the yearly rate of fatal jihadist attacks, amounting to literally hundreds of additional terrorist attacks and thousands of civilian lives lost.

The Unholy Trinity of Defense, Diplomacy and Development in the War on Terror: A report investigating the question of how the U.S. has prioritised it's political and military agenda over the needs of the poor around the globe, and how it's responsibility with foreign needs to change.