The Working Poor
Economic Collapse Blog As the middle class in America continues to be slowly wiped out, the number of working poor continues to increase. Today, nearly…
Poverty
Federal Government Cuts Off Recession Relief Money To States
Laura Bassett The Huffington Post Despite soaring unemployment and the 19 million Americans currently living in “deep poverty,” federal funds for the Temporary Assistance For…
Detroit: Less Than a Full-Service City
Plan for Detroit Would Pull Resources—and Population—From Blighted Districts Slums of Detroit Matthew Dolan Wall Street Journal DETROIT—More than 20% of Detroit’s 139 square miles…
How the Oligarchs Took America
Creating a Country of the Rich, by the Rich, and for the Rich Anthony Freda Illustration Andy Kroll Toms Dispatch There is a war underway….
Global poverty doubled since 1970s: UN
Editor’s Note: Or code for the implementation of Agenda 21? AFP image AFP GENEVA — The number of very poor countries has doubled in the…
Why the rich are no good at empathy…they don’t need to be
Daily Mail People who are rich have trouble recognising the emotions of others, a new study claims. The university research has found that those who…
One in 7 US households hit by hunger issues in 2009
Jerry Norton Reuters *Emergency food pantry use up sharply in recent years *Food stamps used by 15 million families a month in 2009 WASHINGTON, Nov…
Sovereign Citizens and Others Demonized as Domestic Terrorists by Law Enforcement
YouTube — SPLCenter RELATED ARTICLES: Dear Southern Poverty Law Center and Department of Justice Debunking the DOJ’s Hit Piece
Unemployed told: do four weeks of unpaid work or lose your benefits
• Crackdown on £190bn-a-year welfare bill • Payments could be suspended for three months Iain Duncan Smith Toby Helm and Anushka Asthana Guardian The unemployed…
Our Banana Republic
Anthony Freda Illustration Nicholas D. Kristof NY Times In my reporting, I regularly travel to banana republics notorious for their inequality. In some of these…
Food Stamp Usage Soars Among Working Families
Mark Niesse Associated Press HONOLULU — Lillie Gonzales does whatever it takes to provide for three ravenous sons who live under her roof. She grows…
The Perfect Storm
Robert Reich RSN It’s a perfect storm. And I’m not talking about the impending dangers facing Democrats. I’m talking about the dangers facing our democracy….
Poverty In Suburbs Increasing Rapidly During Economic Downturn
Suburban Slums – GETTY image Hope Yen Associated Press WASHINGTON — The American suburb is no longer a refuge from poverty in cities. A pair…
UK fuel poverty doubles in five years
The number of households who are in “fuel poverty” has more than doubled in the last five years because of surging energy bills, according to…