by Beth | Nov 3, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Hurricane Katrina has forged a strong consensus among America’s major racial and ethnic groups to eliminate poverty in America, according to a new multilingual poll. The storm and its aftermath also shook public confidence in the U.S. government’s capacity...
by Beth | Nov 2, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Center for Economic Policy Research has released a new online calculator (http://www.cepr.net/calculators/bc/cbc.html) that they hope will make it easier for reporters, policymakers, and others to quickly place budget numbers in context. The results are often quite...
by Beth | Oct 17, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The biggest increase in Social Security benefits since 1991 reflects a harsh reality of rising prices. High energy costs are driving the worst inflation in more than 25 years.Helen Huntley of the St. Petersburg Times Personal Finance Editor writes… October 15,...
by Beth | Oct 15, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
PERTH, October 11, 2005 (onlineopinion.com.au): Writing for OnlineOpinion, Peter Sellick argues that the Churches may now be doing the Government’s job – .”… While all this is well and good, and our society has the benefit of agencies that act...
by Beth | Oct 11, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The New York Times carries a front page story about the fading hopes for a national discussion on poverty in the wake of what people were reminded of by Katrina WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 – As Hurricane Katrina put the issue of poverty onto the national agenda, many...
