The real impact of food stamp cuts Posted on September 29, 2010 by Annie Lowrey in The Minnesota Independent ..Read More
Income Gap Widens: Census Finds Record Gap Between Rich And Poor Posted on September 28, 2010 by Hope Yen ..Read More
City Poverty Rate Jumped as the Economy Slumped Posted on September 27, 2010 by James Parrott in Gotham Gazette ..Read More
New homeless sweeps put us at risk, park cops say Posted on September 27, 2010 by Daniel Beekman in New York Daily News ..Read More
School Closures Hit Homeless Students Hard, Study Finds Posted on September 24, 2010 by Sarah D. Sparks in Education Week ..Read More
No Surprise: Poverty is on the Rise Posted on September 23, 2010 by GISELLE ROUTHIER New numbers released by the U.S. Census Bureau last week confirm what we see every day here at the Coalition–poverty is on the rise. In fact, it has reached record levels. It officially now affects a staggering 1 in 7 Americans. This translates to 43.6 m ..Read More
Balancing Budgets on the Backs of the Poor and Sick Posted on September 21, 2010 by PATRICK MARKEE overnor Paterson has vetoed legislation that would have eased rent burdens for poor New Yorkers living with AIDS, many of them formerly-homeless. And the pundits who urged him to do so should shoulder some of the blame. The legislation limits to 30 percent t ..Read More
Dragged down by recession, New York’s poor struggle to make ends meet Posted on September 17, 2010 by Kathleen Lucadamo ..Read More
Lost Decade for Family Income Posted on September 17, 2010 by Conor Dougherty And Sara Murray, Wall Street Journal ..Read More
