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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...
Jay Murdock
Dec 11, 20199 min read
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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...
Jay Murdock
Jun 5, 20198 min read
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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...
Jay Murdock
Jul 4, 201831 min read
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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...
Jay Murdock
May 5, 201811 min read
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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...
Jay Murdock
May 26, 20174 min read
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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 –...
Jay Murdock
Apr 25, 20173 min read
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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...
Jay Murdock
Feb 21, 20178 min read
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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...
Jay Murdock
Jan 3, 20179 min read
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Compassionless Conservatives
Joe Peyronnin, Hofstra Journalism Professor Posted: 09/20/2013 9:19 am The Republican Party is vigorously pursing reductions in the...
Jay Murdock
Sep 22, 20133 min read
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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...
Jay Murdock
Aug 26, 20133 min read
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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...
Jay Murdock
Aug 11, 20133 min read
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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...
Jay Murdock
Oct 6, 20124 min read
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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...
Jay Murdock
Sep 9, 20123 min read
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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...
Jay Murdock
Sep 6, 20123 min read
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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...
Jay Murdock
Mar 15, 20125 min read
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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...
Jay Murdock
Mar 3, 20124 min read
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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...
Jay Murdock
Mar 2, 20122 min read
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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...
Jay Murdock
Feb 3, 20123 min read
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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...
Jay Murdock
Feb 1, 20123 min read
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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...
Jay Murdock
Oct 27, 20112 min read
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