Human Rights, Human Plights in a Global Village

In today's globalized world, all people are within "six steps"-six links of acquaintanceship-of every other person in the world. Yet a significant percentage of the world's population lives in abject socio-economic misery, exploited, slaving in horrible working conditions, without enough food or education, and highly susceptible to illness and disease. How is it possible that this occurs to people who are only 'six steps' away from us? How can human misery continue despite the economic, tec...