Happy St. Patrick’s Day!! We could all use some luck in today’s world but luck doesn’t replace common sense. As measures to mitigate the spread of coronavirus deepens in its necessity to disrupt our day-to-day lives, there are several…
Today is the first day of the impeachment hearings for Trump. While many of us may not be able to watch it, we should all reinforce the importance and seriousness of the hearings by supporting the need for it…
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Poor People’s Campaign Gears Up for Mother’s Day Launch
Apr 16, 2018, 10:55 AM 0
By Sarah Anderson Inequality.org “I am not speaking about the poor. I am not speaking for the poor. I am the poor.” Claudia De la Cruz was speaking at an April 10 press briefing in Washington, D.C. on behalf…
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Report: Latino Kids Suffer More Poverty and Gaps in Education, Health Opportunity
Mar 19, 2018, 11:30 AM 0
By Cliff Despres Salud America Latino and other minority youth have higher rates of poverty and greater gaps in education and health opportunity than their white peers, according to a new report. The 2018 County Health Rankings found that:…
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Guest Voz: South Texas divide spurs launch of new political grassroots campaign
Jan 3, 2018, 12:12 PM 0
By Arturo Alonzo ncluido After an exodus of ten years from my hometown of Brownsville, Texas and having the opportunity to serve our country, graduate college, become a Deputy Sheriff and law enforcement officer, and directing some of our…
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More kids live in very poor areas after Great Recession
Jul 25, 2017, 9:00 AM 0
By Amy McCaig Futurity More children are living in high-poverty neighborhoods after the Great Recession of 2008, a new study suggests. Researchers also found that these children lag behind in academic performance by a full school year on average….
By Lance Wallace Futurity Since social scientists and economists began measuring poverty, its definition has never strayed far from a discussion of income. Now, new research shows there are multiple components of poverty that more accurately describe a household’s…
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The top ten signs that a “new world” is knocking at la puerta
Apr 19, 2016, 4:23 PM 0
LatinaLista — “The world is changing” is an understatement both in its certainty and frequency. There’s no greater example of this statement than what we see happening with people. More and more people refuse to adhere to tradition, be…
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University of Texas at El Paso’s Food Pantry opens to students in need on campus
Oct 20, 2015, 10:11 AM 0
By Jason Martinez Borderzine EL PASO — Ester Zapata, homeless and hungry after she started college at the University of Texas in El Paso, never forgot the pain, loneliness and suffering of not being able to find relief….
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In too many ways, America’s poorest communities are just like prison
Sep 28, 2015, 9:55 AM 0
By Kevin A. Wright The Conversation Pope Francis is going to prison. After visiting with incarcerated individuals in a correctional facility in Philadelphia, he might offer us a simple suggestion: treat prisoners better. But this advice hides an inconvenient…
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New Help for San Francisco’s Homeless: Gift Cards
Sep 21, 2015, 9:26 AM 0
By Laura Wenus Mission Local The latest tool to help the homeless? Gift cards. HandUp, a public benefit corportation that helps homeless people pay for things they need by creating an online account for them that donors can contribute…
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78 thousand children in Colombia’s poorest region left without school food
Aug 24, 2015, 1:28 PM 0
By Adriaan Alsema Colombia Reports Colombia’s Ombudsman’s Office has sued the governor of the country’s poorest province in order to prevent the governor from taking action that would leave 77,700 children without school food. The governor provisionally suspended a…
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Texas community provides safe haven and needed resources for impoverished youth
Jul 13, 2015, 12:21 PM 0
By Ross Griffith and Victoria Robinson Voice Box Media Stability can be hard to come by for the one in four San Marcos youth living in poverty and the more than 100 children a year housed in an emergency…
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San Marcos, TX: The fastest growing city in the nation with one of the highest poverty rates in its’ state
Jun 22, 2015, 10:23 AM 0
By Ross Griffith and Victoria Robinson Voice Box Media SAN MARCOS – Recently named the fastest growing city in the nation for the third consecutive year by the U.S. Census Bureau, San Marcos also possesses one of the highest poverty…
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Vochitos, San Antonio car club helps needy with Thanksgiving dinners
Nov 26, 2014, 3:18 PM 0
By Amanda Lozano La Prensa de San Antonio What was supposed to be a small act of kindness ended up growing into a legacy for a group of Volkswagen enthusiasts. Vochitos, a family oriented car club hosts Operation Turkey,…
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New national survey finds nothing “optimistic” for the future of Latinas
Nov 12, 2014, 1:38 PM 0
LatinaLista — The headline from the latest national poll targeting Latinos summed up the overall results of the survey as, “Poll of Latino families finds optimism despite many obstacles.” Yet, a deeper look into the findings reveals that there’s…
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Crowdfunder: Bringing solar showers to the remote Inca in Markuray, Peru
Oct 21, 2014, 10:50 AM 0
LatinaLista — Campaign: The Into Shower Project High in the Andes live the poverty-stricken descendants of the Incas. They are an indigenous group with one foot steeped in their unique history and the other foot struggling to keep up…
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Report: ‘Unfair’ Arizona tax system unduly burdens poor residents
Oct 7, 2014, 9:38 AM 0
By Miranda Rivers Cronkite News WASHINGTON – Arizona’s poor are among the most overtaxed in the nation relative to the state’s better-off taxpayers, according to a recent survey of “tax fairness” in the states. The Wallethub survey asked 1,050…
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Guest Voz: Out of the shadows and out of poverty — Reducing poverty through immigration reform
Oct 1, 2014, 11:51 AM 0
By Patrick Oakford LatinaLista The Census Bureau recently released new data on poverty in the United States. While the coverage that followed provided an overview of the new numbers, and in the case of TalkPoverty examined policy choices that…
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New report highlights how Latinos can help save Social Security
Aug 26, 2014, 4:05 PM 0
LatinaLista — Minimum wage hikes. Obamacare. Critics of these programs have declared both issues will lead to the downfall of the country’s economy. Or worse, that somehow leveling the playing field, with these two programs, for those caught in…
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Guest Voz: Poverty and the perception of poverty – how both matter for schooling outcomes
Jul 24, 2014, 3:12 PM 0
By Andreas Schleicher LatinaLista Compensating for students’ socio-economic disadvantage is one of the greatest challenges facing teachers,school leaders and education systems as a whole. However, data from PISA show that some countries are much better at this than others….
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New Census report reveals poverty is becoming increasingly colorblind
Jun 30, 2014, 3:18 PM 0
LatinaLista — Historically, poverty has been associated with people of color and the latest Census Bureau report underscores that continuing trend. But the American Community Survey report, Changes in Areas with Concentrated Poverty: 2000 to 2010 also highlights a…
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New report reveals majority of Mexico’s children suffer from poverty
Apr 30, 2014, 12:31 PM 0
LatinaLista — Today is a special day among Spanish-speaking countries. It’s known as El Día de los Niños. Kind of like Father’s Day or Mother’s Day, but honoring children. Unfortunately, the majority of children in Mexico, don’t have the…
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Intrn’l Video: Colombian comedy underscores there’s more than one sueño in playing futbol
Mar 12, 2014, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — For those futbol lovers in South America for whom playing in the World Cup is a sueño, it always begins with bolaetrapo (Rag Ball). Director Guillermo Iván’s Colombian comedy “Bolaetrapo” sets the stage for a story about…
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Guest Voz: For American Farmworkers, ‘Guest Workers’ Proposal is Not Immigration Reform
Feb 6, 2014, 11:32 AM 0
By Michael G. Harpold Latina Lista In the State of the Union speech, President Obama said, “Americans overwhelmingly agree that no one who works full time should ever have to raise a family in poverty.” Who would disagree, I…
