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Dennis Swender
from Community Village Daily
July 23, 2015 1:56 PM
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It’s well known that graduating college students in recent years have faced student loan debt at unprecedented levels far exceeding that of previous generations of American graduates. Nonetheless, a new report released by the New York-based Demos public policy organization documents the patterns of debt along racial and class lines with Black, Latino, and low-income students taking out higher loans than Whites and more likely to drop out with significant debt. Continue reading
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Young people growing up in impoverished neighborhoods who perceive their poor communities in a positive light report better health and well-being than those with worse perceptions of where they live, new research led by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health suggests.
Via Ziggi Ivan Santini, Jocelyn Stoller
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Dennis Swender
July 5, 2015 4:07 PM
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Ten mega corporations control the output of almost everything you buy; from household products to batteries. But it gets even crazier who when you see who controls the money.
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Dennis Swender
July 5, 2015 4:01 PM
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National Geographic Emerging Explorer Tristram Stuart wants the world to stop throwing away so much good food.
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Dennis Swender
July 5, 2015 3:57 PM
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In 1990, the manufacturing industry was the leading employer in most U.S. states, followed by retail trade. In 2003, retail trade was the leading employer in a majority of states. By 2013, health care and social assistance was the dominant industry in 34 states. This animated map shows the top industry in each state and the District of Columbia from 1990 to 2013.
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Dennis Swender
July 5, 2015 3:57 PM
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A new report tracks demographic trends across 66 U.S. metro areas. The report provides comprehensive evidence for Aaron Renn's "new donut" model of cities (pictured in above image, on the right). Renn's model proposes that city centers and outer-ring suburbs are doing well economically, but inner-ring suburbs are struggling with a new influx of poverty." Tags: urban, economic, urban models, APHG.
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Dennis Swender
July 3, 2015 1:22 PM
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Those living in areas without fresh produce tend not to eat well. But just putting in a supermarket is not a panacea, it turns out. Tags: food distribution, food, economic, poverty, place, socioeconomic, neighborhood.
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Dennis Swender
from Dismantling Oppression
June 11, 2015 2:27 AM
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"The country is far from fulfilling King's dream that race no longer limit children's opportunities, but how much income their parents earn is more and more influential."
Via Kelli McLoud Schingen
Fifty years after the War on Poverty began, poverty remains a serious problem. US Census figures show that most urban areas have neighborhoods with high poverty rates.
Via Kristen Magis
In February of this year, a blogger wrote about their experience observing an 11th grade classroom. The post discusses a student performing a poem that mocks a poor woman who encourages her seven c...
Via diane gusa, Kristen Magis
Poverty is a trap children are born into: No child has ever chosen to be poor. Children have never caused the poverty that defines their lives, and their education. Yet, the adults with political, ...
Via diane gusa, Sharrock, Kristen Magis
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This neighborhood south of downtown is bleak, with empty parking lots fenced in by barbed wire, and skeletons of buildings covered in graffiti. Many of the people walking the long blocks of Mechanicsville grew up poor, and their children are likely to be poor, too. It’s part of the vicious cycle of poverty—without access to high-quality education, kids born into poverty are likely toremain there for their whole lives, despite the promise of the American Dream. A foundation is sponsoring a new approach to breaking the cycle of poverty just a few blocks from where Davis and I spoke. It tries to give children access to high-quality, early-childhood education while helping parents get better jobs and build stronger families. It’s called the two-generation approach, and has been found to be one of the best bets in helping families escape poverty.
Via Ziggi Ivan Santini, Jocelyn Stoller
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Dennis Swender
from Eduserv Digital Excellence
July 5, 2015 4:31 PM
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There is a danger of creating a "them and us" situation by digitising public services, with many people unable or unwilling to go online, a report warns.
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Dennis Swender
July 5, 2015 4:05 PM
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"McDowell County, situated in the coalfields of West Virginia, has experienced a great boom-and-bust since 1950. But despite the economic decline and population loss, many still call it home and feel a great sense of purpose among the mountains. Residents speak about their connection to this place and the meaning of 'home.' Hear more stories at hollowdocumentary.com "
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Dennis Swender
July 5, 2015 3:58 PM
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In James Howard Kunstler's view, public spaces should be inspired centers of civic life and the physical manifestation of the common good. Instead, he argues, what we have in America is a nation of places not worth caring about.
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Dennis Swender
July 5, 2015 3:57 PM
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The need for speed devours huge chunks of American cities and leaves the edges of the expressways worthless. Busy streets, for almost all of human history, created the greatest real estate value because they delivered customers and clients to the businesses operating there. This in turn cultivated the highest tax revenues in town, both from higher property taxes and from elevated sales taxes. But you can't set up shop on the side of an expressway. How can cities afford to spend so much to create thoroughfares with no adjoining property value?
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July 3, 2015 1:22 PM
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"A decades-old effort found that moving poor families to better neighborhoods did little to help them. A large new study is about to overturn the findings of Moving to Opportunity. Based on the earnings records of millions of families that moved with children, it finds that poor children who grow up in some cities and towns have sharply better odds of escaping poverty than similar poor children elsewhere." Tags: housing, economic, poverty, place, socioeconomic, neighborhood.
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Dennis Swender
from Collaborationweb
July 3, 2015 12:57 PM
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The founder of a quietly-growing empire of social cafes has called on a change in the law to prevent the UK’s "criminal" levels of food waste - especially by supermarkets - while so many go hungry.
Via Jocelyn Stoller, David Hain
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from Colorful Prism Of Racism
June 11, 2015 2:16 AM
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Tracking American Poverty & Policy is an interactive infographic visualization site that br...
Via Deanna Dahlsad
In an extended essay, Bill Moyers shares the striking extremes of wealth and poverty across the country. WATCH: BILL MOYERS: Welcome. Inequality matters.
Via Jocelyn Stoller, Kristen Magis
Lyndon Johnson used his 1964 State of the Union to declare war on poverty. Here's what you need to know.
Via Kristen Magis
Here are some quotes taken from a great article by Kat Ascharya (Mobileidea) that was published at maschable.com. The article shows the importance that mobile phones have for homeless: [...] His p...
Via ET Russell, Kristen Magis
Thirty years ago, the states with the deepest poverty were all clustered in dixie. But the rest of the country has been playing catchup. So how did poverty stop being a Southern specialty? You've had, deindustrialization in the Midwest and Northeast. And you've had fast growing Hispanic populations, which tend to be poorer, in California, Nevada, Arizona, and Colorado (as well as North Carolina and Georgia, which could explain their presence on the list above). Meanwhile, the Southeast has made some economic progress by attracting foreign manufacturing, among other efforts.
Via Alison D. Gilbert, Kristen Magis
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