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Ode to The Catfish (Stuff the Other White People Like, and A Whole Lot of Black People, Too)

Beth Arnold | Posted 07.18.2008 | Living

Read More: South, Food, Poor, Food Prices, Catfish, Greers Ferry Lake, Mississippi Delta, Arkansas, Catfish Farms, Living News
Beth Arnold

It was sad news to read of the decline of Southern catfish farms in today's New York Times. The farmers are going under because the cost of corn and ...

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Food Stamp Fatties

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 04.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Bmi, Welfare, Obesity Crisis, Food Stamps, Fat, Poor, Welfare Abuse, Jell-O Shots, Business News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

I just discovered that my friend who makes just shy of six figures is -- through a quirk of our legal system -- eligible for food stamps AND is using them.

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Is King's Complete Message Breaking Through?

Jim Wallis | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Economic Justice, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Human Rights, Martin Luther King Jr, Barack Obama, Poverty, US Poverty, Economy, Poor, Politics News
Jim Wallis

When King was assassinated, he was trying to move the country to take on the moral issue of economic injustice. And, for the first time in many years, the remembrances of King's death urged the nation to do the same.

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The Black Guy, the Woman, and the Gays

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 01.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, 2008, Middle Class, 2008 Presidential Race, John Edwards, 2008 Campaign, Poor, Hillary Clinton, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Rich, Class, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Election, Politics News
Allison Kilkenny

The biggest threat facing America isn't terrorism or the Chinese. It's the widening class divide. The rich are too rich, the poor too poor, and the only candidate seriously addressing this issue is John Edwards.

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The People's Army

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 12.27.2007 | Politics

Read More: Poor, Economics, Rich, US History, Class, Economy, Populism, Class Warfare, 1892, Middle Class, Politics News
Allison Kilkenny

As in 1892, today in 2007 a weakened union full of religiously and racially segregated sects, and an inflated state of Corporatism, threaten to sever the spinal cord of this fragile democracy.

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Oh Shit! I'm Poor!

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 12.20.2007 | Politics

Read More: Homeowners, Poor, John Edwards, Working Class, Politics News
Allison Kilkenny

We're all workers, anchored beneath the caste of generationally transfixed wealth. We're not Rockefellers. We're not Astors. We're not wealthy.

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A Peaceful Revolution: Caring for the Poor: The South is Rising Again

Robert Drago | Posted 12.13.2007 | Living

Read More: Work-Life Balance, Poor, The South, Poverty, A Peaceful Revolution, Living News
Robert Drago

Successful candidates in either party will need to provide concrete proposals to help low-income working families if they hope to win the South. Liberal politics look to be the new, winning Southern strategy.

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Which New Voters Will Actually Show Up To Vote?

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.03.2007 | Politics

Read More: College Students, Caucus, Primary, 2008, Iowa, John Edwards, New Voters, Poor, Hillary Clinton, 08, Demographics, Union, Single Women, Election, Barack Obama, 2008 Election, Politics News
Chris Weigant

The demographic that starts to feel "I'm a part of something that is going to change this country, and I'm proud to go vote" may be the key to victory for one of the Democratic candidates.

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Friday Democratic Talking Points

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.28.2007 | Politics

Read More: Charles Grassley, Children, Compassionate Conservative, Chris Dodd, Bush, Politics, 2008, Insurance, Talking Points, Spin, Orrin Hatch, Poor, Health Care, Rush Limbaugh, MoveOn.Org, House, Tony Snow, Democrat, Congress, Joe Biden, Election, Barack Obama, Socialized Medicine, Bi-Partisan, Rudy Giuliani, Schip, Republican Elite, Veto, Phony Soldier, Hillary Clinton, Medicare, Free Market, Friday Talking Points, Cigarette Tax, Senate, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Time for another round of Democratic talking points, for the benefit of whoever's going to be on this weekend's Sunday morning talk shows (or for any ...

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Save Souls or Feed the Poor?

Jim Wallis | Posted 09.21.2007 | Politics

Read More: Salvation, Poverty, Jesus, Theology, Gospel, Social Gospel, Poor, Christianity, Politics News
Jim Wallis

In honor of the publication 100 years ago of Christianity and the Social Crisis, the classic book by social gospel founder Walter Rauschenbusch, his g...

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