Low Income

Investing in Homegrown Solutions

Maurice Lim Miller | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Economic Mobility, Torchlight Prize, Low Income, White House Council for Community Solutions, Poverty, Philanthropy, Impact News
Maurice Lim Miller

If our sector would pause to learn from the families that are overcoming the odds, we would find impressive and powerful solutions involving relationships between friends and neighbors--not expensive professional interventions -- that are already having an impact.

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Pollution Ravages Low-Income Communities; Residents Speak Out

David Vognar | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Power Plants, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Environmental Protection Agency, Carbon Emissions, Low-Income, Coal, Epa, Green News
David Vognar

With moments of compelling commentary, the EPA forum provided a pressing reminder that there are real victims of our choice to pollute or put up with pollution, and in many instances those victims are from low-income areas.

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How Utah Aims to Equalize the Academic Disparity Between Have's and Have-not's

Yolanda Flores Niemann and Eric D. Packenham | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Language Arts, Education, Utah State University, Low-Income, Minority Students, Socioeconomics, GEAR UP, Utah, Utah Schools, College News
Yolanda Flores Niemann and Eric D. Packenham

Schools are imploding with the consequence of these changing demographics. Perhaps more than ever before in our nation's history, ensuring a quality education, and the contingencies thereof, is increasingly challenging.

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Senate Budget Plans Range From Extreme to Unimaginable

Deborah Weinstein | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, Food Stamps, Low-Income, Federal Budget, Taxes, SNAP Program, Senate, Budget 2013, Congress, Budget, Senate Budget, 112th Congress, Politics News
Deborah Weinstein

Today, the Coalition on Human Needs sent a letter making these points to every senator. May 16, 2012 Dear Senator: Today you will have the opportun...

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Poor Americans More And More Likely To Stay That Way

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: The Poor, Video, Economic Opportunity, Poverty, Income Inequality, Low-Income, Middle Class, Financial Mobility, Class Mobility, Low Income Families, Class, Economic Mobility, Working Class, Business News

It's getting harder for poor Americans to lift themselves up. Don't believe it? The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston has some pretty compelling evide...

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The Government's New Way of Measuring Student Success: Implications for Black Colleges

Marybeth Gasman | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Ipeds, Marybeth Gasman, Black Colleges, Graduation, Low-Income, African Americans, Pell Grant, Hbcus, Education News
Marybeth Gasman

The new federal measurements are not official yet and they are not perfect, but they are a start. We are on our way to capturing student success, in terms of graduation rates, in a more complete and fair manner.

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Poverty And Obesity: Breaking The Link

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Poverty, Low-Income, Health, Impact of Poverty on Obesity, Socioeconomics and Health, Health News, Global Motherhood, Poverty Obesity, Poverty Obesity Link, Obesity, Poverty and Obesity, Childhood Obesity, Impact News
Susan Blumenthal, M.D.

After several decades of steep upswings, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reported that obesity rates in the U.S. may be stabilizing, with no significant change in prevalence over the past two years for children.

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Many Americans Aren't Earning Enough To Keep Out Of Poverty

The Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Working Poor, Household Income, Census Bureau, Video, Poverty, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Business News, Financial Crisis, Low Income, Bls, Poverty Rate, Business News

In this post-recession economy you may be able to get a job, but that doesn't necessarily protect you from falling into poverty. In 2010, the numb...

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Nobody Goes It Alone: Reframing the Poverty Discussion

Kirsten Lodal | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Lift, U.S. Poverty, Social Services, Social Service Networks, Low-Income Individuals, Low-Income Families, Low-Income, Poverty, Homelessness LIFT Network, Impact News
Kirsten Lodal

"Poor" people don't need anything different from what anybody else needs. The faster we recognize that, and build our social programs in accordance with it, the more good we'll be able to do.

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Republican Budget Represents a Bleak Future for America

Rep. Steny Hoyer | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Taxes, House of Representatives, Congress, Chris Van Hollen, Low-Income, Economy, Middle Class, Deficit Reduction, Jobs, Democrats, Seniors, Infrastructure, Education, Steny Hoyer, Make It in America, Affordable Care Act, Medicare, Paul Ryan, Pell Grants, Republicans, Federal Budget, Paul Ryan Budget, 112th Congress, Politics News
Rep. Steny Hoyer

All of us want to put America back on a sustainable fiscal path, but to do so everyone must be asked to pitch in. The Republican budget, however, places the entire burden of deficit reduction on the middle class, seniors, and the most vulnerable.

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Warning: Don't Fall Victim To This Costly Scam

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: National Sweepstakes, Video, Irs, Low-Income, Sweepstakes Scam, Senior Sweepstakes Scam, Scam, Sweepstakes, Lottery Scams, South Florida, Scams, Senior Sweepstakes, Money News

If someone calls to say you've a won sweepstakes that you never registered for, don't fall for it. An elderly woman in South Florida lost $9,500 to...

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Our "Trailer Trash" Education

Scout, Ph.D. | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Mobile Homes, Low-Income, Homeowners, Housing Crisis, Occupy Movement, Lgbt, Manufactured Housing, Jersey Shore, New Jersey, Low-Income Housing, Paradise, Slidepollajax, Impact News
Scout, Ph.D.

The term "trailer trash" is symbolic of a type of systemic discrimination that's allowing low income home owners from Appalachia to Arizona to fall through the cracks.

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Avoiding a Lost Generation

Nemat Shafik | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Debt, Lebanon, Youth, Jordan, Tunisia, Income Inequality, Low-Income, Morocco, Jobs, Spain, Recession, Brain Drain, Arab Spring, Unemployment, Greece, Egypt, Middle East, Financial Crisis, Imf, Europe, Syria, Euro Zone Debt, Euro Zone Crisis, Video, Business News
Nemat Shafik

To solve the problems of youth unemployment restoring global growth is crucial, as are policies to support job creation and credit. None of this can be achieved without global cooperation.­

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Alexander Eichler

Why It's A Terrible Time To Be A Low-Income Renter

HuffingtonPost.com | Alexander Eichler | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Housing Prices, Housing Market, Foreclosure Crisis, Poverty, Apartments, Homeowners, Low Income Families, Shaun Donovan, Affordable Housing, Low Income Renters, Video, Rental Market, Homeownership, Low-Income Housing, Low Income, Renters, Housing and Urban Development, Business News

Everyone knows the economy has been rough on homeowners lately. But for people who rent -- especially for people who rent and don't make very much mon...

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The Milestone That Matters Most

José Cruz | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: U.S. Economy, College Affordability, College, Economic Mobility, United States Education System, U.S. Census, Low-Income, Higher Education, Low-Income Students, College News
José Cruz

We'll never regain our global edge if we don't close the domestic gaps that separate low-income students and students of color from their peers. The challenge is daunting. But the strategies and tactics to reverse these dangerous trends are well-known, if not yet widely practiced.

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Better Nutrition, Healthier Communities

Vicki B. Escarra | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Feeding America, Diabetes, Hunger, Healthy, Low-Income, Public Health, Garden, Food, Obesity, Overweight, Health, Obesity Epidemic, Nutrition, National Nutrition Month, Impact News
Vicki B. Escarra

How can someone who faces hunger also be obese? The fact is that the two can and do co-exist.

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And The Average Salary Is...

The Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Business News, Jobs, Household Budgets, Household Income, Small Business, Unemployment Rate, Low-Income, Income, Money News

If you're feeling poor you're not alone. We're bringing home less money now than when the recession began. According to a newly released report fro...

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Pursuing Justice for Children and the Poor Now

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Working Poor, Child Poverty, Social Justice, Poverty, Poor Families, Poor, Poor Children, Justice, Low Income, Safety Net, Children's Health, Amber Alert, Impact News
Marian Wright Edelman

I believe this is an Amber Alert time for millions of our nation's poor children and that everyone needs to be on the lookout for the children, to ensure the children's health, safety and education, and to see that justice is done.

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Medicaid: Help in Hard Times

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 04.25.2012

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Marian Wright Edelman

Medicaid is vital -- it provides hundreds of millions of children who are poor or have disabilities with comprehensive health coverage enabling them to become productive, taxpaying members of society.

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Janell Ross

Federal Budget Cuts Imperil Social Services In Florida City

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 02.02.2012

Read More: Community Development Block Grants, Miami Beach, Hialeah, Poor Families, Federal Budget Cuts, Hialeah Florida, Social Services, Cdbg, City Budgets, Low Income, Housing and Urban Development, Business News

In the three decades that Fred Marinelli has spent leafing though grant applications from nonprofit groups in Hialeah, Fla., assessing their performan...

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First Lady Promoting Healthy Food In Low-Income Neighborhoods

AP | CHRISTINA HOAG | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Latinos, Healthy Food, Michelle Obama First Lady, Michelle Obama, Video, Southern California, California, Low-Income, Northgate Gonzalez Markets, Let's Move, Michelle Obama Let's Move, Hispanics, Low Income Families, Latino Prosperity, Latino Voices News

INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Michelle Obama says a proposed new supermarket in the middle of a blue-collar Hispanic neighborhood in Southern California is an ...

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Catherine New

Poor People Pay More For Car Insurance Because Of Bias, Consumer Group Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Insurance Premiums, New Car, Car Insurance, Low-Income, Auto Insurance, Drive to Work, Consumers, Commuting, Auto Coverage, Used Car, Business News

The poorest Americans are unable to buy affordable auto insurance because of insurance company bias, a consumers group charged Monday. Insurance c...

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The Power of Owner-Entrepreneurship Education to Restore Our Middle-Class

Steve Mariotti | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: State of the Union, Education, Owner-Entrepreneurship Education, Class Warfare, Middle Class Economy, Low-Income, Income Inequality, Middle Class, Entrepreneurs, Obama State of the Union, State of the Union 2012, Entrepreneurship, Low-Income Students, Education News
Steve Mariotti

Most of our national education efforts seek to teach low-income youth to become better workers. Why aren't we also teaching them how to own? If entrepreneurship is the engine of the American economy, why aren't we raising more creative entrepreneurs?

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Starting the Right Conversations About Hunger

Vicki B. Escarra | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Tavis Smiley, Budget Debates, Hunger, Poverty, Budget Cuts, Low-Income, American Poverty, Impact News
Vicki B. Escarra

American families are struggling, and their needs must have a place in our legislation and our budget dialogues. But sadly, they are too many times, pushed aside.

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Gender Pay Gap, Once Closing, Largely Stagnates During Economic Slowdown

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Salaries, Video, Education, Low Wages, Gender Discrimination, Women Pay, Low-Income, Wages, Gender Pay Gap, Low Income, Men Pay, Business News

Though the share of women participating in the low-wage workforce has declined in the past three decades, it's remained relatively stagnant for the la...

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