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Riots Continue In Stockholm
Comments (0) | Husby, immigration, inequality, International, police shooting, poverty, riots, stockholm, sweden, Unrest
Growing unrest in Sweden raises debates around immigration, poverty and inequality.
Read more...Tavis Smiley Discusses Poverty, The Consequences Of Obama, And Public Media At USC
Comments (0) | african americans, annenberg school for communication and journalism, leaders, National, PBS, poor, poverty, President Obama, Public Media, statistic, Tavis Smiley, USC, vote
Tavis Smiley spoke at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism on Wednesday. (Graham Clark/Neon Tommy)
Smiley discussed poverty in the United States and why black leaders don't pressure Obama.
Read more...Tennessee Bill Puts Burden Of Poverty On Children
Comments (0) | children, Education, government, mike turner, Opinion, politics, poverty, stacey campfield, TANF, Tennessee, United States, welfare
John H. White, Wikimedia Commons
This bill acts as though a line between what fairly and unfairly punishes someone does not even exist.
Read more...Obama, Use 'Common Sense': What's Missing From America's Gun Control Debate
Comments (0) | Chicago, child defense fund, Cleveland, Englewood, FBI, Gun Control, gun crimes, gun policy reform, Gun Violence, guns, Los Angeles, mass shootings, murder, murders of children, Obama, Opinion, poverty, projects, public education, sandy hook shooting, United States, youth crime, youth fatalities
jurvetson, Creative Commons
Not every shooting is televised.
Read more...MLK And America: The Realities Beyond The Dream
Comments (0) | Barack Obama, change, Education, forward, Gun Control, Gun Violence, i have a dream, Martin Luther King Day, Martin Luther King Jr, minorities, non-violence, Opinion, poor, poverty, reform, violence
(U.S. Embassy New Delhi, Creative Commons)
We need to drive our leaders to move Martin Luther King’s dream to action.
Read more...Local Politics Matter, Too
Comments (0) | city council, inauguration, local politics, Los Angeles, Opinion, poverty, unemployment
(frontenddeveloper.com, Creative Commons)
The resolution of local issues will have a much larger impact on a community’s quality of life than major national policies.
Read more...George McGovern Dead At 90
Comments (0) | Barack Obama, civil rights, democratic party, george mcgovern, North Dakota, pilot, Politics, poverty, presidential nominee, richard nixon, senator, siox falls, thomas eagleton, Vietnam War, war hero
The three-term senator died Sunday.
Read more...Pennsylvania Latinos: 'We Came Here For A Better Life For Our Kids'
Comments (0) | 2012 election, 2012 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Democrats, election, Election 2012, Hispanic community, jobs, latino voters, latinos, mitt romney, Pennsylvania, Politics, poverty, presidential election 2012, reading, Republicans, The Latino Vote, unemployment
(Jacob Chung/News21)
Nearly half of Reading's population—58 percent Latino—live below the poverty line.
Read more...Poverty: America's Best Kept Secret
Comments (0) | ABC, americans in poverty, Capitalism, census bureay, corporations, economy, fairness and accuracy in reporting, Fox, journalistic ethics, Media, MSNBC, NBC, Opinion, poverty, right to know, thinkprogress
(Colin Grey, Creative Commons)
Who is truly to blame for maintaining secrecy? Is it the media, which refuses to report on it?
Read more...Thinking About Food Stamps: SNAP Judgments About American Poverty
Comments (2) | 2012 election, economy, food stamps, mitt romney, Opinion, poverty, President Obama, presidential campaign, presidential race, snap, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
(Selbe B, Creative Commons)
The reliance of Americans on the food stamp program makes sense.
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