Poverty
Mayors warn cuts to block grants will cost jobs
March 1, 2011Mayors around the country are reacting with alarm to the cuts proposed for the Community Development Block Grant program.
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Heartbreak at Bank of America
February 17, 2011Bank of America got a Valentine's Day surprise with a picket line protesting the bank's receiving "unrequited love" in the form of tax breaks from the community.
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Republicans set to kill mortgage assistance programs
February 3, 2011Republican members of Congress have set their sight on gutting assistance to troubled homeowners at risk of foreclosure.
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What happened to the War on Poverty?
February 1, 2011With the remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King's legacy and the passing of Sargent Shriver, a foot soldier in the War on Poverty, recently, I have been reading about the early 1960s and listening to speeches...
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A New Generation of Dreamers: Freedom Rides yesterday and today
January 25, 2011A month-long celebration linking the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Rides that desegregated interstate transportation in the South with today's movements to address racism, violence and unemployment was kicked off here.
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