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Access To Health Care Getting Worse, Even For Those With Insurance: Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Obamacare, Urban Institute Health Care, Health Care Costs, Urban Institute, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Healthcare Reform, Business, Health Care, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare, Business News

Even having good health insurance is no guarantee of getting the best health care. Ashlie Hubbard learned this the hard way after the birth of her dau...

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Is the Church Saving Souls and Losing Students?

Rev. Romal J. Tune | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: High School Dropout Rate, Schott Foundation, Church, Education, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Epidemic, High School Dropouts, Urban Institute, Education News

Churches and other communities of faith in cities where the dropout rates are fifty percent or higher must recognize that students in our congregations are not exempt from this crisis.

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America's Most And Least Charitable States

24/7 Wall St. | Michael B. Sauter, Charles B. Stockdale, Ashley C. Allen | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Census Bureau, Charitable Gifts, Irs, Charity, Chartiable Giving, Internal Revenue Service, Urban Institute, Individual Charitable Contributions, The Giving Institute, Taxpayers, Convio, Business News

From 24/7 Wall St.: The holiday season is a time for giving to family and friends. It is also apparently a time to give to those in need. Nonprofits r...

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Very Few Of The Long-Term Unemployed Receiving Benefits

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Heritage Foundation, Npr, Video, Labor Market, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Unemployment, Long-Term Unemployment, Urban Institute, Jobs, Unemployment Benefits, Jobless, Congressional Budget Office, Center for American Progress, Kaiser Family Foundation, Business News

As the nation faces a labor crisis that refuses to let up, 7 million Americans currently receiving unemployment benefits may be running out of time to...

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Study Of Blue Light Police Cameras Finds Crime Deterrence Depends On Police Response

Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Blue Light Cameras, Cpd, Cook County State's Attorney, Urban Institute, Chicago Police Department, Urban Institute Study, Crime Rate, Chicago Impact, Study, Blue Light, Prosecution, Chicago News

A new study on the effectiveness of blue light police cameras found that crime rates do decrease as camera presence increases, but that poor video qua...

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Getting Back to Basics for Our Nation's Children

Bruce Lesley | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: First Focus, Children's Health Insurance Program, Children, Urban Institute, Eugene Steuerle, Obama Administration, Greenburg Quinlan Rosner, Poll, Child Nutrition, Student Loans, Paul Ryan Budget, Scott Pelley, Education, 60 Minutes, Head Start, Medicaid, Brookings Institution, Children's Health, Education News

By a nearly 3-to-1 margin (58-20%), American voters believe that the lives of children have become worse rather than better over the last ten years, as key indicators of child well-being continue to decline.

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For Many, Retirement May Have To Postponed Until Their 80s

The Huffington Post | James Sunshine | Posted 08.10.2011

Read More: Social Security Administration, Retirement Age, Social Security, Cnn, Urban Institute, 112th Congress, Fdr, 1940, Medicare, Medicaid, Barack Obama, Entitilements, Video, Business News

If you were thinking of retiring in your sixties, think again. And according to a new study, even seventy is pushing it. The study by the Employee ...

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How Much Do We Care About the Elderly?

Eric Laursen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Security, Geriatric, Meals on Wheels, Lewis Mumford, Social Insurance, The Fiscal Times, Eric Schurenberg, Eugene Stueurle, Medicare, Medicaid, Pete Peterson, Mutual Aid, Urban Institute, Cbsmoneywatch, Politics News

That's the real issue behind the Social Security debate -- and the deficit fight as well.

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Can We Please Stop Talking About the Social Security Trust Fund?

Eric Schurenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Carla Fried, Eugene Steuerle, Social Security, Social Security Trust Fund, Urban Institute, Surplus, Medicare, Cbs, Tea Party, Business News

Nothing get clicks from seniors like a scary story about Social Security, and the Associate Press supplied a real granny-grabber last week.

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Study: Moms In Poverty More Likely To Suffer Depression

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Infants, Poverty, Wic, Urban Institute, Motherhood, Tanf, Recession, Mothers, Politics News

More than half of all nine-month-old babies growing up in poverty are being raised by mothers suffering some form of depression, according to a new st...

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BP Oil Spill Could LIFT GDP: JP Morgan

Wall Street Journal | Luca Di Leo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: JP Morgan, Gdp, Oil Spill, Urban Institute, British Petroleum, Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup, Gulf Oil Spill, Business News

Annie Lowrey notes a J.P. Morgan Chase analysis suggesting the BP spill will actually raise the country's GDP, at least in the short term. "Cleaning u...

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Rand Paul Has a Blunt Instrument for Fixing Social Security

Mark Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tea Party Movement, Pete Peterson, Social Security, Rand Paul, Economic Policy Institute, Federal Budget Deficit, Tea Party, Social Security Reform, Urban Institute, Politics News

Paul's position on Social Security is part of a much broader well-orchestrated, fact-free attack on Social Security from Wall Streeter Pete Peterson, the Tea Party and others on the right.

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Housing Crisis Broadening: Even Renters Are Not Safe From Foreclosures

The Washington Post | Robin Shulman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Renters Foreclosures, Urban Institute, Fannie Mae, Institute for Housing Studies, NeighborhoodInfo DC, Janeia Sandiford, Ocelot Capital Group, Rental Buildings, Renters, D.C. Local Initiatives Support Corp., Rental Investors, propertyshark.com, Business News

A new wave of foreclosures stands to hurt people who may have never taken out a mortgage: renters. ...

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Latest McCain Economic Proposal Seen As Incoherent

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John McCain Economic Policy, McCain Trade, Urban Institute, Cato Institute, Mccain Deficits, Mccain Economic Plan, Mccain Deficit Plan, Mccain Budget Deficit, John McCain, McCain Economics, Politics News

In 2007, Sen. John McCain blamed out-of-control GOP spending for the Democrats' takeover of the House of Representatives. "We came to power in 1994 to...

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