Source: CBS News Many of America’s cities have grown and prospered over the last few decades, showing surprising declines in poverty and crime rates. America’s iconic suburbs, however, have shown a dissimilar trend, so much so that there are now more poor people living there than in urban centers, according to a new analysis from [...]
Source: Bob Sullivan, Columnist, NBC News Sabino Fuentes-Sanchez hid $25,000 all around his house because he didn’t trust banks. Lasonia Christon receives her Wal-Mart salary on a pre-paid debit card. Kim James was homeless for most of the past decade in part because she had no place to save money. There are plenty of reasons people [...]
Source: The Huffington Post A school cafeteria worker in Missouri who says she was fired for feeding a needy student is being reinstated following widespread outcry over the incident. Diane Brame has been the cafeteria manager at Hudson Elementary School in Webster Groves, Mo., for two years. Recently, she noticed one fourth-grader would regularly walk [...]
Source: Ryan Grim, Sarah Bufkin / The Huffington Post WASHINGTON — After bailing out a global financial crisis, enacting a series of major tax cuts for the wealthy and waging two unpaid-for wars, the U.S. government is some $16 trillion in debt. Now, in exchange for paying off a bit of that debt by returning some [...]
Source: Tami Luhby / CNN Money NEW YORK – One wants to strengthen the nation’s existing safety net. The other wants to overhaul it. President Obama and challenger Mitt Romney have vastly different views on how to help the 46.2 million Americans in poverty and the more than 30 million people who are near poor. The [...]
Jim Wallis, CEO of Sojourner, an organization committed to applying faith to social justice joined Roland Martin on the set of Washington Watch to discuss Mitt Romney’s “47 percent” comments and a new documentary titled “The Line.” “The Line” follows four people who slipped into poverty through no fault of their own.
Bloomberg News reporter Esme Deprez reports on the death of upward mobility in America and the stagnancy of the poor WATCH:
Source: Greg Bluestein / AP / The Huffington Post COLUMBUS, Ga. — Lance Brown was hungry and homeless, so he decided to get thrown in jail by hurling a brick through a glass door at the Columbus courthouse building. Brown, 36, spent nine months in jail before his April trial. On Tuesday, he was sentenced [...]
We’ve talked a lot about the role of government in taking care of the least of us. It’s a political question, but it’s also a moral question. And for 85-year-old Ida Martin, it is a personal one. And earlier this month, her name was added to the Wall of Honor in her hometown of Bluffton, [...]
Roland Martin talks with Congressman James Clyburn about the Clyburn Amendment. The proposed amendment would target resources to those most in need across America. WASHINGTON WATCH: Rep. Clyburn Pushes The Clyburn Amendment To Help The Poorest Of The Poor (VIDEO)
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