Tag: poverty
I’m Doing The SNAP Challenge. I’m Not Hungry, And I Don’t...
This morning, I started the SNAP Challenge. I am to to eat three healthy meals every day for an entire week on only $5...
Texas Judge Halts Planned Cuts To Poor And Disabled Children’s Therapy
Originally published by Edgar Walters at The Texas Tribune on Sept. 22, 2015.
Deep cuts to a therapy program for poor and disabled children will not take effect Oct....
‘Christian’ Columnist To Bernie Sanders: ‘The God Of The Bible Is...
Chris Queen is a so-called Christian columnist who has decided to take 2016 Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders to task for daring to quote...
5 Shocking US Statistics That Prove Working in America Sucks
Most of us are recovering from a well-deserved day off, Labor Day. It is one of those holidays that we anticipate and thoroughly enjoy,...
Amazon Grinds Up Employees’ Bones With Sustainable Business Model From Hell
Walk into any Amazon meeting, and you are likely to find body parts strewn about the room. The corporation's employees are rewarded for tearing...
Children Fed Dirt Cookies. Haitians Need Money, Nutrition Programs (VIDEO)
Yes, what looks like women making mud pies is actually Haitians making ?cookies? out of an earthen mixture. The recipe for "Bon Bon Terre"...
Disgusting Fox News Report On The Homeless Is A Journalistic Tragedy
Cable news' king asshat, Bill O'Reilly, recently took his vile rhetoric to a new level with a report aired on his show.
In a report...
US Could Have Been Poverty Free Before It Spent $13 Billion...
Since conservatives argue that the military expenditure is justified and statistics are being exaggerated, let's discuss it in an honest manner without any bias...
Poverty Is Not A Criminal Offense – Stop The War On...
There is a very significant problem in America that very few media outlets are paying attention to. The criminalization of poverty is becoming an...
Employer Wage Theft Is A $3 Billion Epidemic In The United...
According to the Economic Policy Institute, American companies steal $3 billion from their employees each year. This comes in several forms, ranging from actual...
Kansas Faces Social Security Fraud Penalties, May Lose $100-Million-Grant
What if you had a $25 per day cap on how much money you could withdraw from your bank? Tough way to pay the...
President Obama Slams Fox News For Suggesting The Poor Are ‘Leeches’
While speaking at an event focusing on alleviating poverty in the United States earlier this week, President Obama took on the lies of Fox...
Welfare Preschoolers Guinea Pigs For Powerful Drug Treatment
Prescribing preschoolers drugs treatments such as mood stabilizers, antidepressants, and ADHD (for attention-deficit disorder/attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder) remedies seems like a no-brainer bad idea. But...
Paul Ryan Says ‘Lucrative’ Welfare Benefits Created ‘Poverty Trap’ In Baltimore
If you were wondering how long it would take before some Scrooge McDuck member of the Republican Party would step forward and blame what...
Bernie Sanders Launches Run For 2016 Election!
It's true! U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has formally announced that he is a candidate for the 2016 election!. Sanders is an Independent who...
Open Letter To White People About Racial Violence
What motivates irrational acts of violence?
The violence in Ferguson and Baltimore hurts my heart. It makes no sense to us. Burning down your neighborhood...
19 Stunning Photographs of Ferguson Protests Win Pulitzer (VIDEO)
The photographs of the Ferguson, Mo. protests are absolutely stunning. And the 2015 Pulitzer Prize For Breaking News Photography rewarded the St. Louis Post-Dispatch...
