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Public Charge Rule Undermines Human Rights, Harms Families and Communities

December 15, 2018

By NNPA On Dec. 10, the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty joined the close to 190,000 other commenters in submitting a comment opposing the proposed “public charge rule,” that will prevent immigrant families from pursuing permanent legal residency if they or someone in their household legally uses assistance through certain federal programs including […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Homelessness, NNPA, Poverty, Public Charge Rule

To Longtime Activist, Self-Reliance Remains the Answer to Poverty

March 2, 2017

By Michael Cottman Urban News Service “What I’m saying to Black America…,we must stop complaining about what white folks have done to us in the past. We must go into ourselves, as Dr. King said, and find indelible ink — our own emancipation proclamation.” Robert Woodson, Sr. Robert Woodson, Sr., advocate for the poor, recalled […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Bob Woodson, Michael H. Cottman, Poverty, Steve Schuck, Woodson Center

United Way: 42 Percent Of Wisconsin Households Struggle To Pay Bills

September 24, 2016

New Report Highlights Families Living Above Poverty Line But Still Not Earning Enough By Hope Kirwan A new United Way of Wisconsin report claims 42 percent of Wisconsin households struggle to make ends meet. While 13 percent of Wisconsin households live below the federal poverty line, United Way found another 29 percent of households don’t […]

Popular Interests In This Article: ALICE families, Hope Kirwan, Poverty, Survival Budget, United Way

Today’s Aging Minorities Most Impacted by Poor Finances

April 15, 2016

by Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Even as the nation commemorates the 50th anniversary of Medicare, Medicaid, the Older Americans Act, and the 80th anniversary of Social Security, issues of race, class, and access remain recalcitrant barriers to elder security. Particularly among Blacks, living longer has often meant subsisting […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Medicaid, Poverty, Shantella Y. Sherman, Social Security

New Analysis Shows Wisconsin Poverty On The Upswing

March 4, 2016

Courtesy of UW-Madison Poverty in Wisconsin hit its highest level in 30 years during a five-year period that ended in 2014, according to a new analysis by the University of Wisconsin – Madison’s Applied Population Laboratory. “The data tell us that poverty has been getting worse in Wisconsin,” says Malia Jones, an assistant scientist and […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Poverty

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

The War on Childhood Poverty Part 2: Prominent Madison Dentist Speaks Out

November 12, 2015

by Jasmine Zapata, MD Hello! Welcome to this week’s edition of Brown Girl Green Money. We are a social network of women of color working to achieve financial freedom and inspire each other along the way. Thanks for joining us again this week. As a physician, one of my personal interests as a part of […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Brown Girl Green Money, Child Poverty, Jasmine Zapata, Poverty

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

The War on Childhood Poverty

October 23, 2015

By Jasmine Zapata, MD Hello! Welcome to this week’s edition of Brown Girl Green Money. We are a social network of women of color working to achieve financial freedom and inspire each other along the way. Thanks for joining us again this week. A few months ago, I wrote about the importance of discovering your […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Brown Girl Green Money, Child Poverty, Jasmine Zapata, Poverty

Boosting Child Tax Credit Would Lift Poor Black Children Out of Poverty

August 28, 2015

by Freddie Allen, Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Reforms proposed to the Child Tax Credit by the Center for American Progress could help to reduce poverty in children younger than 3 years old in the Black community by nearly 22 percent. The plans to enhance the credit are laid out in a report by […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black Poverty, Center for American Progress CAP, Child Tax Credit, Freddie Allen, Poverty

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

Challenging Economic Racism in America: Part II

July 10, 2015

Challenging Economic Racism in America: Part II

By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., NNPA Columnist July 10, 2015   Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., NNPA Columnist     This article is a contuation from Attacking Economic Racism.     There are many different manifestations of racism in America and throughout the world. But there is not a more insidious form of racism in the United […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., Black Economic Power, Black Wage Gap, Discriminatory Lending, Income Inequality, JULY 10 2015, Poverty, Racial Income Gap, Racism, VOL. 25 NO. 26

Poverty Still Major Affliction for Blacks

June 5, 2015

Poverty Still Major Affliction for Blacks

By Stacy M. Brown June 5, 2015   Congressional Black Caucus Chair G.K. Butterfield said Republicans must help Democrats fight poverty in African-American communities. (Courtesy Photo)   Stacy M. Brown is Special to the NNPA from the Washington Informer.     Black America is in a state of emergency, and what’s happened in Baltimore, Ferguson, […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black Poverty, Congressional Black Caucus CBC, G.K. Butterfield, Gender Gap, JUNE 5 2015, Poverty, VOL. 25 NO. 21, Wage Gap

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