Tag: American Poverty
Reading List for November 6, 2013
I promise not to do this too often, but from time to time, I want to share with you some articles I found to be informative, interesting, and relevant to being an educated citizen of today. I draw articles from many of the sources I read on a regular basis,…
Frontline: Two American Families (VIDEO)
ON JUly 9, 2013 PBS’ Frontline aired Two American Families, which followed two families in Milwaukee over twenty years as those families struggled to stay in the middle class. This is a must-watch. Watch Two American Families on PBS. See more from FRONTLINE.
Like Neo in his tank, it’s time to WAKE UP
In The Matrix, Neo (Keanu Reeves) discovers that the world he thought he was living in was merely an illusion, a computer-generated program designed to keep him docile and to be, in effect, a D-Cell battery. I’ve long held that The Matrix is a brilliant example of political cinema. The use of…
Are There No Workhouses?
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republicans who control the House are using cuts to food aid, health care and social services like Meals on Wheels to protect the Pentagon from a crippling wave of budget cuts come January. The reductions, while controversial, are but a fraction…
BREAKING NEWS: Poverty Reduction Programs Reduce Poverty!
It what must be a shock to the conservative belief system that the Federal Government is incapable of helping people, a newly published report by the Department of Agriculture demonstrates that SNAP (The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, aka Food Stamps) significantly reduced poverty during the recession. Our results showed that…
Poor America – P a n o r a m a [B B C]
Shocking… With one and a half million (1.5 million) American children now homeless, reporter Hilary Andersson meets the school pupils who go hungry in the richest country on Earth. From those living in the storm drains under Las Vegas to the tent cities now springing up around the United States,…
You Could Run this Ad Today!
Check out this 1964 War on Poverty campaign ad from LBJ. With the poverty numbers released recently, Obama could run this ad today and it would be just as true as it was then.
Paul Ryan: Defender of the Poor and Downtrodden
Matt Yglesias recieved a fundraising letter from Paul Ryan yesterday… You may be shocked to learn that Mr. Ryan is deeply concerned about the plight of the poor in America…. Hey! Stop laughing…
Taking On the Fox Noise Machine
Watch Cornell West & Tavis Smiley disassemble Bill O’Reilly on issues of poverty, Occupy, and drug abuse. Kind of like shooting fish in a barrel with this know-nothing blowhard.
Social Security Works…
I have a couple of longer posts in the works on Social Security and Republicans and Taxes…but they aren’t ready for tonight! But I thought I’d leave us all with this quick little tidbit: by now everyone has read the census news from any of a number of different outlets…more…
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