Showing posts with label poverty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poverty. Show all posts
Sunday, August 31, 2014

Try this experiment with Google

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I was thinking about our country after looking at a photo of a scene in Ferguson , Missouri, which was the site of a police shooting and sub...
Friday, August 29, 2014

Too many workers

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We've come to a major turning point in history. Our economies, throughout most of the world, can no longer absorb our population increas...
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Thursday, August 21, 2014

Short: Hooray for fewer teen moms

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When I was growing up middle-class, white, and college-bound, I knew to  be terrified of unintended pregnancy. There was no faster way to de...
Monday, July 28, 2014

Paul Ryan is confusing me

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I'm very confused. Paul Ryan has just released an overhaul plan for federal programs that help the poor. Why has he done this? This is t...
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Sunday, January 12, 2014

The New Year of Inequality

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Welcome to another election year. Even though it's only a mid-term election, it's going to be nasty because all elections are nasty ...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

A redundant member of society (Takers)

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I'm afraid that's what I am--a redundant member of society. If society is separated into 'makers' and 'takers,' I...
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Friday, March 9, 2012

Sanctions hurt the poor here

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Not in Iran, Iraq, Syria, or Libya... In Texas. The Texas legislature wanted to put sanctions on Planned Parenthood, so they eliminated fu...
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Whipping Boy: The Working Poor

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  This talking point makes me really, really angry. But first, let's correct an error--lots of lower income people p...
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