(The Washington Post) – Lawmakers in several states are urging limits on how welfare recipients use public benefits, suggesting that the poor are buying things like lobster, filet mignon, vacations aboard...
JOHN HANNA, AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A new Kansas law tells poor families that they can’t use cash assistance from the state to...
JOHN HANNA, AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A new Kansas law tells poor families that they can’t use cash assistance from the state to...
By Public Affairs, UC Berkeley News While the U.S. economy rebounds, persistent low wages are costing taxpayers approximately $153 billion every year in public support to...
Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer African-Americans continue to suffer disproportionately high rates of hunger and poverty despite the growing economy, according to an...
Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer African-Americans continue to suffer disproportionately high rates of hunger and poverty despite the growing economy, according to an...
(CBS News) – For all its apparent conveniences and perks, city living has never been easy or inexpensive. And income inequality is often most obvious...
Paul Hampel, ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH ST. LOUIS (STLToday.com)—Federal class-action lawsuits filed Sunday against the cities of Jennings and Ferguson allege that jails there operate as...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist The racial differential in the poverty rate is staggering. Last time I checked, about 12 percent people in the United...
(The Atlantic) – Like many mothers raising children in Chicago’s housing projects in the 1990s and 2000s, Seitia Harris was afraid of the drugs and...
MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sixteen million children were on food stamps as of last year, the highest number since the nation’s economy...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist “There is nothing new about poverty. What is new, however, is that we now have the resources to get...
(The Economic Populist) – Yes, the rich pay more in taxes (because they earn so much more) — but they don’t usually pay more as a...
(The Economic Populist) – Yes, the rich pay more in taxes (because they earn so much more) — but they don’t usually pay more as a...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist “A population that does not take care of the elderly and of children and the young has no future,...
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist “Like the rest of America, Black America, in the aggregate, is better off now than it was when I...
By Rev. Dr. Willie A. Douglas There have been numerous reports and surveys regarding race relations in America. After reviewing these studies, one would believe that...
The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he’s able to receive, Albert Einstein said. Entrepreneur Ahmedin Mohamed...
As national poverty levels increase, more families are taking advantage of local food banks and giveaways year-round and especially during the holiday season. “We know that...
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