Tag: working poor

A new study by the University of California's Berkeley Center for Labor Research And Education confirms what many of us have long suspected--the great...

Could you live on minimum wage? Can anyone? A kid who still lives at home with his/her parents, maybe. There's a reality to minimum wage,...

A group of inner-city middle school students will get the chance to visit Harvard and see college life up close, thanks to a crowd-sourcing...

While reading The Field Guide To Fields by Bill Laws, published by National Geographic, I came across a?revealing quote from an English Victorian era...

Dubbed the "Christmas Village," the Chinese town of Yiwu is home to 600 factories that make 60 percent of the world's Christmas decorations. You won't...

// // The current United States economy can be viewed in both positive and negative ways. But one of the most serious problems is...

New Jersey's Gov. Chris Christie has been mentioned a lot as a possible Republican candidate for President in 2016. There are those who see...

You've seen the hashtag #FirstWorldProblems before and even laughed at the memes; anyone with internet has at some point. First World Problems are real...

In recent years, there has been increasing controversy about stores that are insisting on beginning Black Friday early by opening on Thanksgiving Day and...

Poverty isn't usually about bad choices. People whose needs have always been met?seem to think that people are poor because they've made bad decisions...

Scott Brand -- the folks who make Scott toilet tissue and paper towels -- wrote an article titled "10 Small Things We Do That...

The NFL can not get any love lately, can they? Just one shameful incident after another. While this most recent disgrace should not in...

A journalist visited the great state of Mississippi to interview some folks. Bear in mind, Mississippi owns the honor of being the poorest state...

A Supreme Court case that will most likely be?decided upon by the end of this month?could effectively kill public unions throughout the country. The...

    When a server at a Raleigh North Carolina Waffle House was given a $1000 on Mother's Day management told her she?could not have it. Seven...

The CEO of the world's largest fast food chain recently gave?his support for an increase in the federal minimum wage. McDonald's CEO Don Thompson mentioned...

Kids living in poverty don't have a lot of money—or options. But poor kids are survivors, and the life lessons they learn are heartbreaking...

I stumbled upon an amazing site called Visual News and the first post I saw was this one. These images are perhaps especially?chilling to...

President Barack Obama will speak Wednesday at the University of Michigan on raising the federal minimum wage, but he'll soon find that Michigan workers...

Tomorrow US Rep Paul Ryan (R-WI) will unveil his new House budget plan. The 204 page critique will focus on slashing federal programs such...