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Jess Wilson | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Social Programs, Social Services, Helping the Needy, Charity, Social Safety Nets, Politics News
Jess Wilson

Either spend some money now in order to enable a generation of kids to participate in and contribute to our society, or pay exponentially more later when we have a generation of adults who are wholly reliant on us because we didn't give them the skills they needed.

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Racism, Dr. King, and Food Stamps

Joel Berg | Posted 03.17.2012

Read More: Hunger, Martin Luther King, Food Stamps, SNAP Program, Poor People's Campaign, Jamie Whitten, Rick Santorum, Social Programs, Martin Luther King Day, Strom Thurmond, Newt Gingrich, Rev. Ralph Abernathy, New York News
Joel Berg

Dr. Martin Luther King, responding to near-starvation conditions found in parts of the U.S., viewed access to food as a civil rights issue. King made the hunger issue a central component of his Poor People's Campaign.

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USDA Targets Small Stores Allegedly Profiting Illegally Off Food Stamps

AP | By LAURA CRIMALDI | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Retailers, Welfare, Video, Poverty, Food Stamps, US Poverty, Food Stamp Trafficking, Social Programs, Retail, Small Retailers, Usda, Small Stores, Business News

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A criminal swindle of the nation's $64.7 billion food stamp program is playing out at small neighborhood stores around the country...

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Super Committee Cuts to Social Security to Divert From Real Issues

Jeff Madrick | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Deficit, Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, Super Committee, Health Care, Budget, Social Programs, Business News
Jeff Madrick

We have plenty of taxing capacity to take care of our needs. We simply refuse to act as a modern nation, driven by myths that we can somehow return to the simplicity of colonial America.

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The Impact of Social Security Reform Should Be Required Reading for the Supercommittee

Nancy Altman | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Congress Approval Ratings, Congress, Social Security, Supercommittee, Deficit Reduction, Social Programs, Tax the Rich, Deficit Supercommittee, Politics News
Nancy Altman

It is not surprising that Congress's approval rating is, for the first time, in single digits. The views of the American people who -- across party lines and all demographics -- consistently say "do not cut Social Security," "Do not cut Medicare" lack standing in this policy discussion.

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Supercommittee of the One Percent Won't Even Think of Taxing Wall Street

Dean Baker | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Deficit, Banks, Financial Crisis, Social Security, Wall Street, Financial Speculation Tax, The One Percent, Super Committee, Taxing the Rich, We Are the 99 Percent, Social Programs, Congressional Super Committee, Business News
Dean Baker

While whacking our parents and grandparents with a big cut in Social Security benefits apparently draws bipartisan support, the supercommittee will not even score a plan to tax Wall Street financial speculation.

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How Cutting Government Spending Can Increase the Cost of Government

Thomas Fisher | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Mental Health, Hud, Homelessness, Government Spending, Designers, Social Programs, Thomas Fisher, Minnesota, Ben Franklin, Thomas-Fisher, Government Costs, Politics News
Thomas Fisher

The evidence is clear and undisputable: cutting government spending in areas that prevent problems from occurring in the first place can cost taxpayers more over the long run.

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U.S. Status and Recovery Can't Be Hostage

Riane Eisler | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: National Academy of Sciences, Social Security, Debt Recovery, National Debt, Debt Ceiling, Federal Government, Riane Eisler, American Values, Social Programs, Human Capital, Center for Partnership Studies, Republican Party, Politics News
Riane Eisler

In the last few weeks something amazing happened: the U.S. economy and its international credit rating were taken hostage by a Republican Party that has itself been high-jacked by extremists.

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Anti-Tax Pols Should Look to the Greeks

Robert Schwab | Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Taxes, Demonstrations, Revolution, Deficits, Revenue, The Economy, Obama, Republicans, Democrats, Greece, Tax Cuts for the Wealthy, Budget Cuts, Social Programs, Bush Tax Cuts, Denver News
Robert Schwab

The congressmen who oppose raising taxes want to cut government spending to the bone, which means they want the burden of curing the deficit placed squarely on the backs of the middle class and the poor.

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Civil War and the Safety Net

Sarah Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Programs, Civil War, Safety Net, Politics News
Sarah Anderson

A young nation, ravaged by war, invented new ways of creating economic opportunities and protections -- at least for one segment of its citizens.

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Private Initiative Marshall Plan Launches for the New Haiti

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Earthquake, Long Distance Learning Institute, Mdgs, Luce Group Investments, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Commerce, Jérémie, Iraq, NYU Polytechnic, Cayes-Jacmel, Léogâne, International University of Haiti, Oiww, Belo Water, Liberal Arts, Indonesia, Stewardship Report, Jim Luce, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Social Programs, Social Responsibility, Port-Au-Prince, Global Leadership Institute, Gonaives, Institute for Haitian Stability., Oloffson Hotel, International Film Institute, Integrated Development, Education, Cholera Epidemic, Social Entrepreneurism, Universities of the West Indies, Microfinance, Art Restoration Institute, New York City, Haiti, Vocational Studies, Tsunami, Private Initiative, Marshall Plan, New Haiti, Millennium Development Goals, Haitian Museum of Art, International University, YMCA Léogâne, Luce Group Integrated Development Plan for the New Haiti, Professional Development, Ganthier, Luce Publications, Orphans International Worldwide, Integrated Import-Export, Jacmel, Betaville, Cap-Haïtien, World News
Jim Luce

I have been working in Haiti since Christmas 1999. That New Year's Eve I hired my first staff -- my first local partner -- with a handshake at the Ol...

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Where Are We?

Stephen Gyllenhaal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Traffic, Juan Williams, Civil Rights, Right Wing, Left Wing, Obama, Bill O'Reilly, Social Programs, Kennedy, Politics News
Stephen Gyllenhaal

I was deep in a bad traffic jam last night, wondering how many of us nowadays just work too damn hard -- lemmings -- barely having time to breathe -- ...

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DC Activists Stage "Virtual Sit-in" on Local Politician's Facebook Pages

Colin Delany | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Save Our Safety Net, Taxes, Social Media, Hunger, Activism, Social Programs, DC Politics, Facebook, Vincent Gray, Politics News
Colin Delany

Originally published on Epolitics.com Back in the day, a "sit-in" meant just that -- taking over a physical space with physical bodies to make a poli...

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Don't Call It a "Defense" Budget

Norman Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Miriam Pemberton, National Priorities Project, Poverty, Pentagon, Military Spending, Martin Luther King Jr., New York Times, Institute for Policy Studies, Social Programs, Afghanistan, Defense Budget, Barack Obama, Jo Comerford, Politics News
Norman Solomon

The new budget from the White House will push U.S. military spending well above $2 billion a day. Foreclosing the future of our country should not be confused with defending it.

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Catholic Church Threatens To Stop Social Service Programs For D.C.'s Neediest If Gay Marriage Passes

Washington Post | Tim Craig and Michelle Boorstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dc Council, Dc Catholics, Social Justice, Poverty, Threats, Civil Rights, Washington DC, Transgendered, Social Programs, Ultimatum, Archdiocese, Religion, Dc, Gay Rights, Social Service Contracts, Homelessness, Catholic Church, Same Sex Marriage, Homeless, Homeless Shelters, Social Services, Lesbians, Gays, Families, Faith, Separation of Church and State, Gay Marriage, Politics News

The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington said Wednesday that it will be unable to continue the social service programs it runs for the District if the c...

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Want To Be Happier? You May Need To Move

msn.com | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Infrastructure, Education, Job Satisfaction, Wealth, States, Personality, Economy, Well-Being, Social Programs, Satisfaction, Tolerance, Moving, Cambridge, Happiness, Healthy Living News

New research suggests U.S. states with wealthier, better educated and more tolerant residents are also happier on average....

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Stop Tearing the Heart Out of L.A.

Kamala Lopez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Los Angeles Unified School District, Heart Program, Girls, Public Schools, Politics, Latino, Homeboy Industries, Crime, Kamala Lopez, Violence, Los Angeles, Social Programs, Hispanics, Barrio, Gangs, Latina, Politics News
Kamala Lopez

What is it about Rocio Martinez that makes kids on the edge of the abyss trust her? Well, for one thing, they know that Rosi, as they call her, can relate -- she used to be one of them.

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America's Two-Headed Dog: Layoffs and Cuts to Social Programs

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Social Programs, Depression, Unemployment, Recession, Economy, Politics News
Allison Kilkenny

It seems like common sense that the government should increase social spending when people are losing their jobs, but Republicans and Blue Dog Democrats don't see it that way.

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A Quiet Voice From the Clinton Global Initiative: Helps to Feed 600,000 Children Right Here in the US

Michelle Kraus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, United States, Clinton Global Initiative, Children, Social Programs, Malnourishment, Poverty, Politics News
Michelle Kraus

It is almost more courageous to focus on the blight of children in this country and acknowledge that there is a problem right here in the US.

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