US Sees Record Surge in Poverty in 2009
From HuffPo: Census figures from 2009 are due to be released this week. The expectations of what the report will show are grim: Interviews with six demographers who closely track poverty trends found...
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Unemployment Benefits Kept 3.3 Million Out of Poverty in 2009
The devastating impact of Wall Street’s Great Recession was all too evident in the record surge in poverty reported recently by the Census Bureau for 2009. From Elise Gould and Heidi Shierholz at EPI:...
View ArticleJailed for Being Poor
From Truthout: Two reports published by NYU’s Brennan Center for Justice and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) reveal a rising trend of patently unconstitutional practices in cash-strapped...
View ArticleOur National Shame
The increasing numbers of children living in poverty and the corresponding rise in the number of homeless families with children in our country is one of the dirty secrets left undiscussed in this ugly...
View ArticleVoices from the Right
Last week, Tea Party Nation chairman Judson Phillips expressed his thoughts on who should be able to vote. From ThinkProgress: PHILLIPS: The Founding Fathers originally said, they put certain...
View ArticleUnequal distribution of pain
A look at how state budget cuts will affect California’s Central Valley. From the LA Times: The vast fruit fields, picturesque farmhouses and rolling foothills of Tulare County mask an ugly reality:...
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Even Susana Martinez Can’t Ignore This
Last year, voters in the city of Albuquerque voted overwhelmingly – 66 percent – to raise the minimum wage by a dollar from $7.50 to $8.50. This year, a majority of the New Mexico House and Senate...
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Minimum Wage Hike Would Boost Kids and Workers Out of Poverty
Two new studies succinctly lay out the need for and the broad economic benefits of raising the federal minimum wage. The Kids Count Data Book finds that the number of children living in poverty jumped...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Legislators Take Aim at the Unemployed, Hurt the Whole State
Across the country, it’s been a tough road out of recession, but North Carolina has had a tougher time than most: its unemployment rate is still nearly 9%, the fifth-highest in the country. Now the...
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Yes, Marco Rubio, There Is Less Poverty Than There Was 50 Years Ago
Fifty years ago today, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a war on poverty and worked with Congress to pass legislation designed to lower poverty levels and mitigate the effects of poverty on...
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How We’re Raising Wages in New Mexico Even Though Our Republican Governor...
Like so many New Mexico workers, we were disheartened when Gov. Susana Martinez vetoed a reasonable increase in the minimum wage last year. We were even more disheartened when she scrubbed her website...
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Pentagon Contract Workers Strike for Living Wage
A group of Pentagon workers employed by federal contractors at low wages to operate concessions and clean federal buildings are the latest federal contract workers to walk off the job and urge...
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7 Ways Raising the Minimum Wage Will Help Working Women
Raising the minimum wage would help working women and their families, according to a new White House report. The report also takes a look at how raising the minimum wage for tipped workers, 72% of...
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Connecticut Jumps Ahead of the Pack, Will Raise Minimum Wage to $10.10 by 2017
More than 227,000 Connecticut workers will see raises in the next 3 years, thanks to a bill signed into law by Democratic Gov. Dannel Malloy on Thursday. Connecticut legislators passed a bill by wide...
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11 Things Everyone Should Know About Working Women and the Minimum Wage
Women workers are breadwinners. Women workers support their families. Check out 11 facts that show why women would benefit from raising the minimum wage. 1. Nearly two-thirds of minimum wage workers...
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