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In Climbing Income Ladder, Location Matters
By David Leonhardt Stacey Calvin spends almost as much time commuting to her job — on a bus, two trains and another bus — as she does working part-time at a day care center. She knows exactly where to board … Continue reading
Black Unemployment Drives ‘Perpetual, Slow-Moving Recession’
By Artgur Delaney Tatia Pritchett’s 2002 Hyundai Sonata blew a tire early on a Friday morning in June when she was on her way to work. “I was driving and all of a sudden, KAPOW,” she said. She pulled over and … Continue reading
Being Legal Doesn’t End Poverty
By Jennifer Medina Those pressing for change in the country’s immigration system like to say that creating a path to citizenship will bring the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants “out of the shadows.” It is taken as a given that … Continue reading
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Understand how being unemployed can endanger not just yourself but those you love. Understand how we need to raise the minimum wage. Living on a $9.00 the minimum wage would still be extremely hard for families to survive but it … Continue reading
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Tagged Bureau of Labor Statistics, economy, education, employment, jobs, labor, Living wage, minimum wage, money, poverty, stress, unemployment, United States, Wage
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Last Week in Poverty: The Unfinished March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
By Greag Kaufmann “[African-Americans] must march from the rat-infested, overcrowded ghettos to decent, wholesome, unrestricted residential areas disbursed throughout our cities…. They must march from the play areas in crowded and unsafe streets to the newly opened areas in the … Continue reading
Aide To Republican Congressman Fails To Live On Food Stamps For A Week
By Igor Volsky An aide to Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) failed the so-called “SNAP Challenge” last week, just days after accusing Democrats of “intentionally buying overpriced food and shopping at high-priced chains.” The aide, Donny Ferguson, accepted the challenge in … Continue reading
Child Poverty Has Risen Even As Unemployment Falls
By Bryce Covert Even as unemployment has gradually declined, the child poverty rate has been on the rise, according to a new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Between 2010 and 2011, the number of children living in poverty … Continue reading
Being Poor Is The Root Of All Evil
Sulibreezy returns with this provocative and thought-provoking piece.
Posted in Soul Brother Presents
Tagged life, money, poetry, poverty, spoken word, Sulibreezy, video
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Urban Institute Updates 1965 Moynihan Report on Black Poverty
The National Urban League Wire Nearly five decades ago, Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s 1965 report for the U.S. Department of Labor, The Negro Family: The Case for National Action, provoked a firestorm of debate in its probing of the roots of … Continue reading
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