AltWeeklies Wire
‘Hand-in-hand’: Poverty + Education Keep State in Last Placenew
Dr. Margaret Hagerman, a sociology professor at Mississippi State University, has researched how children perceive and understand wealth and inequality, and the results are insightful. The largest outcome of her study? Kids are aware that race, class and inequality exist.
Jackson Free Press |
Arielle Dreher |
07-30-2015 |
Poverty
Mapping the Meal Gap in Indiananew
"Map the Meal Gap 2014," released by Feeding Indiana's Hungry, found that more than 1 million people, including nearly 346,000 children, don't know when or from where their next meal will come.
Tags: hunger, food insecurity
San Diego and its nonprofits are in a pie fightnew
City and community groups battle over a shrinking pot of federal anti-poverty money.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kelly Davis |
03-27-2014 |
Poverty
Road to Nowherenew
Why a growing number of Cincinnatians struggle to break free from the cycle of poverty.
Cincinnati CityBeat |
German Lopez |
02-14-2014 |
Poverty
N.C. food insecurity is risingnew
North Carolina lawmakers form study committee to tackle issue of hunger, food deserts
12 Ways Republicans Keep Screwing Over Poor Americans and Womennew
A dozen low-down, dirty, shameful ways the GOP makes it bad to be broke in 21st-century America.
Sacramento News & Review |
Sasha Abramsky |
11-15-2013 |
Poverty
Tags: Poverty
Prescriptions for Povertynew
Children's Hospital Oakland and Highland Hospital are trying to shift the paradigm of urban medicine by tackling some of the root causes of illness — like the lack of housing and food.
East Bay Express |
Sam Levin |
11-07-2013 |
Poverty
How do we even the economic scales for Americans?new
Wealth of knowledge
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
11-01-2013 |
Poverty
The Best Food Money Can't Buynew
While most poor families get the world's leftovers, WHOA Farm grows organic food specifically to be given away.
North Bay Bohemian |
Jessica Dur Taylor |
02-27-2013 |
Poverty
College Graduates Dependent On Food Stamps Are On the Risenew
One percent of food stamp recipients have a graduate degree, a number that's tripled since 2007.
The Texas Observer |
Sarah Angle |
02-19-2013 |
Poverty
Tags: Food Stamps
Making Solutions to Poverty Sticknew
It is easy to desire to help someone escape poverty, but it is harder than it might seem because they have to ultimately do it themselves.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
12-21-2012 |
Poverty
7 Poverty Triggersnew
There is a reason that blaming the poor for their plight is useless, not to mention offensive. It’s usually not their fault, especially if they stay poor for long.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
12-21-2012 |
Poverty
How Poverty Happensnew
If any societal issue is steeped in myth and misunderstanding, it is poverty.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
12-21-2012 |
Poverty
Building Assets: A Path Out Of Povertynew
Having a job that pays a living wage is only one aspect of lifting one's self out of poverty. Even when people have jobs, many are just one paycheck—or one medical emergency—from financial disaster.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
12-21-2012 |
Poverty
