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The Poor

Richard Abrons | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Poverty, Food Stamps, US Census Bureau, Census-Poverty, US Poverty, Middle Class, Census Poverty, Santorum-Gingrich-Obama-Food-Stamp, Census-Poverty-Data, Politics News
Richard Abrons

We hear constantly... Oh, it is dinned into our ears... what our two major political parties are going to do for the middle class. The middle class, t...

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Will The Changing Face Of The Nation Spur Hate Group Participation?

Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Video, Hate, Hate Groups, US Census Bureau, Elections 2012, Latino Population, Minority Population, Southern Poverty Law Center, Race, Slidepollajax, Milita Groups, Barack Obama, Latino Voices News

While the U.S. Census Bureau’s longtime prediction that the size of the country’s racial and ethnic groups will together surpass that of the non-H...

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Driving Blind: The Dangers of Defunding the Census

Arturo Vargas | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: House of Representatives, Census, Latinos, US Census Bureau, Politics, American Community Survey, Congress, Budget, Senate, Latino Voices News
Arturo Vargas

It's Public Policy 101: before you step, you should look. Before charting a course and spending money, lawmakers should get the information they need to make the best decision.

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1 In 10 American Marriages Are Interracial

The Huffington Post | Jennifer Lai | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Interethnic Marriage, Intermarriage, 2010, Mixed-Race Marriage, Pew Research Center, Interracial Marriage Statistics, u.s. Census Bureau, Interracial Marriage, Weddings News

One in 10 American marriages are between partners of a different race or ethnicity, according to data released on Wednesday by the U.S. Census Bureau....

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Surprising Group More Likely To Live With Parents

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Living at Home, Living With Parents, Melbourne Institute, Census, Jeff Who Lives at Home, Video, Young Adults, US Census Bureau, Wall Street Journal, Business News

Apparently having a warm little nest makes it tough to leave home. Young adults from affluent families are more likely to live at home than their ...

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The 10 States Taxing The Poor Most

24/7 Wall St. | Charles B. Stockdale | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Taxes, State Income, Poverty, Poverty Line, State Taxes, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, u.s. Census Bureau, Bipartisanship, 24/7 Wall St, Tax Revenue, Business News

24/7 Wall St.: In an effort to help families work their way out of poverty, most of the United States do not tax the incomes of working-poor families....

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America's Ten Disappearing Industries: Report

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Internet, Newspapers, Council of Economic Advisers, Linkedin, Advertisers, US Census Bureau, Automotive Industry, Restaurants, Online, Auto Sales, Business News

In the recession's aftermath some of the nation's most prominent industries are going to be left behind. The automotive, restaurant and newspaper ...

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What The One Percent Majored In

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Earnings, 1 Percent, Wages, Median Earnings, College Majors, u.s. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, Median Pay, Business News

College graduates earn almost one million and a half dollars over the course of a 40 year career on average, compared to about half that for those wit...

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New York Not The Most Unequal County In America

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 03.09.2012

Read More: Bloomberg, Manhattan, Income Gap, Wall Street, Income Inequality, Occupy Wall Street, Salary, Labor Department, Wage Inequality, u.s. Census Bureau, Income, Inequality, Business News

In the United States, even even the inequality is unequal. Yes, the level of income inequality among American households rose 18 percent between 1...

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Cities That Pay Women The Least

24/7 Wall St. | Ashley C. Allen, Charles B. Stockdale | Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Women's History Month, Equal Pay Act of 1963, Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Catalyst, Department of Labor, Equal Rights, The Institute for Women?S Policy Research, March, Wage Inequality, u.s. Census Bureau, International Women's Day, Business News

From 24/7 Wall St.: March is Women’s History Month, and March 8th is International Women’s Day. First observed in the U.S. on February 28, 1909, t...

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What America's Manufacturing Sector and Labor Policies Can Learn From Germany

Michael Shank | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Social Democratic Party, Germany, Institute for Economics and Peace, Income Inequality, President Barack Obama, Trade, Labor, American Dream, Michael Shank, Credit Default Swaps, Bundestag, US Census Bureau, Unions, Derivatives, Tax, Manufacturing, Gdp, Insurance-Backed Securities, Thorben Albrecht, Financial Crisis, Business News
Michael Shank

The German manufacturing strategy is based on making existing products better again and again, or as a Mercedes ad put it: "We are inventing the car. Since 1886."

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Small Businesses 'Not A Big Source Of Job Creation,' Say Economists

AP | By BERNARD CONDON and MATTHEW CRAFT | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Small Business News and Trends, Small Business Jobs, Small Business Job Creation, Jobs, Small Business, US Census Bureau, Economy, Small Business News

NEW YORK -- Mitt Romney says they're "job creators" and vows to come to their aid as president. Newt Gingrich visited them on his "jobs and growth" bu...

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Who Else But the Fed Will Rescue Real Estate?

Harlan Green | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, Reis, Vacancy Rate, Bloomberg.com, Inc., U.S Census Bureau, Home Owner's Loan Corporation, Roosevelt Administration, Business News
Harlan Green

It is time for the banks holding all those vacant homes to get them off their books and back into the real economy. And who else can put their feet to the fire?

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Johnston: Fed's Near Record-Low Interest Rates A Loser For Taxpayers

Reuters | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Interest Rates, Mega-Banks, Video, US Census Bureau, Tax Returns, Reuters, Federal Debt, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Taxpayers, Ension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Pension Funds, Business News

(The author is a Reuters columnist. The opinions expressed are his own) By David Cay Johnston Jan 10 (Reuters) - The Fe...

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Senior Population Hits 40-Million Plus: Census

ABC News | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Census, Population Growth, Baby Boomers, ABC News, u.s. Census Bureau, Seniors, Fifty News

Good news for seniors: It's getting easier to get a date. That's one takeaway from a U.S. Census Bureau number crunch on older Americans. The senior p...

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Census Bureau Reports Significant Increase In Poverty For School-Aged Kids

U.S. Census Bureau | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: School-Age-Children, Child Poverty, Dade-County, Video, Poverty, Unemployment, u.s. Census Bureau, Recession, Black Voices News

A U.S. Census Bureau report released Tuesday showed a statistically significant increase of poverty in about 20 percent of counties within the country...

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The Supplemental Poverty Measure: A (Small) Step in the Right Direction

Sarah Burd-Sharps | Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: Poverty, American-Human-Development-Project, Race, Spm, Supplemental Poverty Measure, Gdp, US Census Bureau, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Spm 2010, Impact News
Sarah Burd-Sharps

The SPM takes a broader, far more illuminating view of poverty than the traditional poverty measure does. But at the end of the day, a broader definition of poverty is still needed.

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The Best And Worst Ways Government Can Help Create Jobs

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Apple, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Pfizer, Deregulation, Tax Cuts, Jobs, Unemployment Benefits, Job Growth, Economic Recovery, u.s. Census Bureau, Repatriation Tax Holiday, Job Creation, Congressional Budget Office, Business News

Unemployment might be stuck at crisis levels, but a new government report suggests two commonly proposed Republican remedies would only have minimal e...

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Empty Nesters, Be Warned: More Young Adults Are Moving Back Home

Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: Kids Moving Back Home, US Census Bureau, Boomerang Children, Living at Home, Moving-Back-Home, Empty Nest, Parenting post50, Adult Children, Young-Adults-Living-at-Home, Fifty News

In Italy, they're known as "mammone", a staple of adult men living with at home with their mothers. In the US, they're known as "losers", and they're ...

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Michael McAuliff

Past Census Chiefs Warn Cuts Will Leave Nation Flying Blind

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 12.27.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Six of the last seven directors of the U.S. Census Bureau fear proposed cuts to the bureau's budget will blind the nation's financial ex...

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New Census Numbers Show Young Adults Are Flocking To D.C.

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.27.2011

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WASHINGTON -- According to U.S. Census Bureau figures released Thursday, the Washington metropolitan area gained roughly 7,000 people between the ages...

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The Least Impoverished Cities

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Boston, Wealthy, Poverty, Poverty Rates, Ultra Wealthy, Washington DC, U.S Census Bureau, Los Angeles, Slidepollajax, New York, Wealth-X, Business News

A growing number of Americans entered into poverty last year. But certain cities survived the recession with especially low poverty rates. Across m...

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The 10 Most Impoverished States

Reuters/The Huffington Post | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Census, Unemployment, US Census Bureau, Great Recession, Poverty Rates, Downturn, Manufacturing, Poor, Economic Recovery, Medicaid, Brookings Institution, Great Depression, Business News

(Lisa Lambert) - The ranks of the poor rose in almost all U.S. states and cities in 2010, despite the end of the longest and deepest economic down...

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D.C. Is Nation's Richest Metro Area, But Home To Staggering Inequality

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: DC News, Virginia, Video, Poverty, District of Columbia, Segregation, u.s. Census Bureau, K Street, Income, Richest Metropolitan Areas, Maryland, DC News

WASHINGTON -- The nation's capital and the metropolitan area that surrounds it is now the richest in the United States. According to Bloomberg, U.S. C...

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Why 'There's No Place Like Home' For Boomerang Kids

SFGate | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Unemployment Rates, Boomerang Kids, Parenting, U.S Census Bureau, Fly the Coop, Census and Labor Department, Parenting post50, Financial Assistance, Adult Children, Fifty News

Danny Guo came marching home two years ago as a corporal from the U.S. Marine Corps, thinking the country he served would be a land of instant job opp...

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