The Ripple Effects of Taking SNAP Benefits From One Person
A new Trump-administration rule will cut food assistance for nearly 700,000 Americans, also affecting many of their relatives and...
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Jay Murdock
- Jun 5, 2019
- 8 min
Our forgotten towns: struggle, resilience, love and respect in ‘back-row America’
In his new book, Chris Arnade lays bare what life is like for America’s marginalized poor – and exposes the broken social systems that...
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Jay Murdock
- Jul 4, 2018
- 31 min
Being Black in America Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
In Baltimore and other segregated cities, the life-expectancy gap between African Americans and whites is as much as 20 years. One young...
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Jay Murdock
- May 5, 2018
- 11 min
How The ACORN Scandal Seeded Today’s Nightmare Politics
Breitbart led the charge, but Democrats delivered the killing blow. Has anyone really learned? By Zach Carter and Arthur Delaney | The...
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Jay Murdock
- May 26, 2017
- 4 min
Poverty? Oh, that’s just a ‘state of mind’ for the Trump administration
Ben Carson’s comments on poverty make sense in the context of Trump’s cruel joke of a budget which punishes low-income people By Jamie...
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Jay Murdock
- Apr 25, 2017
- 3 min
The Inequality Project: the Guardian’s in-depth look at our unequal world
Today the Guardian kicks off a new project investigating inequality of all kinds, all over the world. Here’s how we plan to approach it –...
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Jay Murdock
- Feb 21, 2017
- 8 min
PRIDE AND POVERTY IN AMERICA: Outside coastal bubbles, to say ‘America is already great’
Beyond the bubbles of the big cities and elite college campuses is an America that values community over careers, and has faced a...
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Jay Murdock
- Jan 3, 2017
- 9 min
In Navajo Nation, a Basketball Elder Earns Respect
In a place of poverty, social ills and fractured families, Raul Mendoza, 69, coach of the Chinle, Ariz., Wildcats, is a source of quiet...
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Jay Murdock
- Sep 22, 2013
- 3 min
Compassionless Conservatives
Joe Peyronnin, Hofstra Journalism Professor Posted: 09/20/2013 9:19 am The Republican Party is vigorously pursing reductions in the...
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Jay Murdock
- Aug 26, 2013
- 3 min
The Federal Government Didn’t Lose the War on Poverty — It Retreated
Anthony W. Orlando: Lecturer in the College of Business and Economics at California State University, Los Angeles – Posted: 08/25/2013...
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Jay Murdock
- Aug 11, 2013
- 3 min
Invisible Children
Marian Wright Edelman: President, Children’s Defense Fund Posted: 08/09/2013 2:31 pm “I would say that, well, obviously my high school...
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Jay Murdock
- Oct 6, 2012
- 4 min
Power Is in Your Person
Marian Wright Edelman – President, Children’s Defense Fund Posted: 10/05/2012 4:43 pm You know, when we started the farm workers...
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Jay Murdock
- Sep 9, 2012
- 3 min
Having Our Say
Tavis Smiley – PBS talk show host, PRI radio host Posted: 09/07/2012 8:58 am Now that the conventions are over, time to prepare for the...
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Jay Murdock
- Sep 6, 2012
- 3 min
Redefining Freedom in America
Tavis Smiley: PBS talk show host, PRI radio host – Posted: 09/05/2012 12:00 am There’s been a lot of talk about “freedom” lately. There...
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Jay Murdock
- Mar 15, 2012
- 5 min
How We Cured “The Culture of Poverty,” Not Poverty Itself
Barbara Ehrenreich – New York Times bestselling author Posted: 03/15/2012 9:44 am – Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com It’s been exactly...
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Jay Murdock
- Mar 3, 2012
- 4 min
Pursuing Justice for Children and the Poor Now
Marian Wright Edelman: President, Children’s Defense Fund – Posted: 03/ 2/2012 4:44 pm I begin each year with a women’s spiritual retreat...
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Jay Murdock
- Mar 2, 2012
- 2 min
Inequality, Poverty, and Why We’re Definitely Not Broke
I participated in a debate Thursday morning on the role of government in poverty reduction. A couple of “curious” points came up from the...
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Jay Murdock
- Feb 3, 2012
- 3 min
Breaking the Cycle of Childhood Poverty
Rep. Chris Van Hollen: Congressman representing Maryland’s 8th District Posted: 02/ 3/2012 9:50 am This post is part of a series on...
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Jay Murdock
- Feb 1, 2012
- 3 min
Fighting Childhood Poverty: A Role for Everyone
Randy Jackson – Grammy Award winning producer Posted: 02/ 1/2012 8:00 am This post is part of a series on childhood poverty in the United...
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Jay Murdock
- Oct 27, 2011
- 2 min
Poverty in Your Backyard
Jim Neal –About Jim Posted: 10/27/11 06:02 PM ET Yet more numbing news about the breadth and depth of the impoverished in America, a...
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