Massive Growth in Food Stamp Usage (CHART)
Source: USDA
Poverty
Social Micro-Engineering Begins: NYC May Ban ‘Sugary Drinks’ From Food Stamp Buys
John Galt Activist Post The Associated Press reported today that under a new government plan to battle obesity in New York City, food stamp recipients…
Income Gap Widens: Census Finds Record Gap Between Rich And Poor
Hope Yen Associated Press WASHINGTON — The recession took a dramatic toll on marriage in America, new figures show, with those 18 and over who…
Banksters Inflate Speculative Food Bubble, U.N. Offers Global Governance Solution
Eric Blair Activist Post Never let a good crisis go to waste. The international bankers are taking advantage of the “food crisis” by driving up…
That ‘Official’ Poverty Rate? It’s Much Worse Than You Think
The shocking poverty statistics released last week tell only part of the story. David DeGraw Alternet While the shocking new poverty statistics from the Census…
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Shawn Fremstad Global Research Today the Census Bureau released a report on trends in income, including median income, income inequality and income poverty, and health…
The poor return to the forest and build tent cities
About 44 million in U.S. lived below poverty line in 2009, census data show
Carol Morello The Washington Post In the second year of a brutal recession, the ranks of the American poor soared to their highest level in…
US poverty on track to post record gain in 2009
Hope Yen and Liz Sidoti Associated Press WASHINGTON — The number of people in the U.S. who are in poverty is on track for a…
The Great Divergence: The United States of Inequality
Timothy Noah Slate In 1915, a statistician at the University of Wisconsin named Willford I. King published The Wealth and Income of the People of…
GOP Operatives Recruit Homeless Candidates to Run as Greens to Dilute the Dem Vote
Marc Lacey NY Times TEMPE, Ariz. — Benjamin Pearcy, a candidate for statewide office in Arizona, lists his campaign office as a Starbucks. The small…
Conspiracy Theories Spread Violence, Claim Government Propagandist
Demos member who authored report calling for conspiracy websites to be infiltrated in order to “increase trust in government” tries to belittle online backlash, but…
Homelessness Up 50% in New York City
Luke Funk MyFoxNY If you think you’ve been seeing more people sleep on city streets, statistics back up the perception. The homeless population living on…