Tag: poverty
Thousands of Working Californians Lifted From Poverty
The L.A. Times is reporting that after a long battle from progressive activists, Governor Jerry Brown has reached an agreement with union representatives to...
Anti-Terrorism Bill Could Prevent Poor People From Getting A Mobile Phone
Representative Jackie Speier (D-San Francisco / San Mateo) introduced the Closing the Pre-Paid Mobile Device Security Act of 2016. The bill, should it become law,...
Paul Ryan Says He Regrets Past Views On The Poor, Now...
It's not easy to admit to being wrong, especially when that admission encompasses such a significant part of one's life. That's why when House...
Obama To Poor Families: We’ll Help You Out With The Cost...
The cost of having children is extraordinarily high. Parents understand this all too well, especially those who live from check to check.
Fortunately, there are...
DOJ Suing Ferguson, Warns Against Jailing The Poor
On Monday, the DOJ issued new guidelines to state and municipal court systems that aim to prevent poor people from being jailed because they...
New Food Stamp News: 12 Things You MUST Know Today
Originally published at Poor as Folk and reprinted with permission.
Today’s 12 things are all things food assistance related:
1. 12,000 unemployed Arkansans will lose SNAP...
They Cancelled A HUGE Wedding To Make A Confession To Friends...
Newlywed couple Shehzaan and Zainab Chunara decided to put the money they were planning to spend on their wedding toward a charity fund.
The average...
Are Dems Starting To Eat Their Own Too?
Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz has signed a bill designed to delay Elizabeth Warren's progressive agency from starting its goals.
The agency, entitled...
Emergency Zika Funds, Obama Wants Almost $2 Billion To Prevent Outbreak
President Barack Obama will ask Congress for a whopping $1.8 billion in funds in a meeting that will take place today.
The emergency funds requested...
4 Things People Do That DON’T Help The Homeless
Homelessness is an important issue, and it's one we should be talking about. And yet it doesn't get as much discussion as it should, probably...
Inequality And Poverty In America Are Summed Up In One Heartbreaking...
With the election season in full swing, the New York Times has been interviewing people at campaign events across the country. They have been...
Americans Are Still Broke As F**k (And F**king PISSED)
Americans are broke as f**k. How broke? According to the January MasterCard SpendingPulse data:
24.8% have $100 or less in their accounts.
23.8% have $101-$500 in...
A Homeless Man Shocked This Student With A Note – It’ll...
As a society, we’ve become used to seeing homeless people on the streets. Asking everyone they can for loose change – or food, or...
4 Ways That Holiday Help For The Homeless Doesn’t Help
Everyone knows that holidays are the time for giving, right? You hear those clichés all the time in December: "Let's remember the less fortunate,"...
PA Man Harasses Food Stamp Recipients, Then Steals Their Food…WTF?! (Video)
So this is what we've come to in America? People are now being harassed just because they used their SNAP benefit card to buy...
What They Don’t Want You To Know About A $33/Hr Wage
Six months ago, Dan Price, founder of Gravity Payments in Seattle, WA, announced that he was going to raise the wage of every single...
Conservatives Ignore Data And Twist Stories In Minimum Wage Battle
A new organization called the Fairness Project officially launched last Thursday with seed money from the SEIU-UHW, a large union in California. Their goal:...
Bill Maher: ‘America Loves Rich A**holes’
I watched "Jobs" last year, the Steve Jobs biography movie starring Ashton Kutcher as Jobs. As is normal for me, I took notes while...
Everyone Deserves A Living Wage — Even If They Can’t Spell...
Originally published at Poor as Folk and reprinted with permission.
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Barefoot And Homeless, Child Lost In Philadelphia Night
He was barefoot, his little feet bruised from rocks as he wandered Philadelphia, alone in the dark of night. It all started when the...
