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    Apr 23, 2013 |Column| Baltimore Sun

  1. Forcing landlords to accept vouchers won't help the poor

    Human nature frequently disproves theories. Conventional wisdom, for example, says that open office space plans with workers grouped like cattle encourage creativity and collaboration. But study after study shows that people are more inventive, productive...

    Tags: Rental Service, Chicago Housing Authority, Public Housing, Social Issues, Interior Policy

    2. Feb 6, 2013 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  2. Study: Almost half of South Florida children live in low-income homes

    Almost half of South Florida's children are growing up in or near poverty, a new study shows.
    Sun Sentinel
    Almost half of South Florida's children are growing up in or near poverty, a new study shows. More than half a million kids under 18 in Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties live in low-income households that earn up to 200 percent of the...

    Tags: United States Census Bureau, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Personal Income, Social Issues

    3. Feb 6, 2013 |Story| AP Member Choice Limited
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    Tags: Substance Abuse, Weight, Social Issues, Abusive Behavior, Obesity

    4. Jan 7, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  4. More than 1 in 5 California children live in poverty, study finds

    L.A. NOW
    As California diversifies, it will face serious economic struggles if it fails to pay attention to widespread childhood poverty, according to a report released Monday by the Center for the Next Generation. The center found that more than 1 in......
    5. Feb 15, 2013 | Allentown Morning Call

  5. Eagle Scout's Letter

    Blogging with Bill White
    My column Saturday will focus on a letter that an area Eagle Scout wrote to the Boy Scouts of America, protesting its anti-gay policies and accompanied by the return of his Eagle Scout medal. Unfortunately, space didn't permit the use......
    6. Mar 20, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  6. County health rankings for 2013 reveal wide disparity across state

    St. John's is the state's healthiest county and Union fares the worst, ranking 67th, according to the latest county-by-county health rankings released today by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
    St. John's is the state's healthiest county and Union fares the worst, ranking 67th, according to the latest county-by-county health rankings released today by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The healthiest Central Florida county is Seminole,...

    Tags: Health and Safety at School, Social Issues, Colleges and Universities, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Healthy Diet

    7. Mar 19, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. George: New pope 'will be changed by the office'

    — Pope Francis continued on Tuesday to remind his flock of the duty to protect all of creation and embrace the poor.
    — Pope Francis continued on Tuesday to remind his flock of the duty to protect all of creation and embrace the poor. Cardinal Francis George intends to carry that call back with him to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago when he returns...

    Tags: Vincent de Paul, Roman Catholicism, Social Issues, Francis I, Religion and Belief

    8. Mar 19, 2013 |Story| AP Member Choice Limited
  8. |Story

    Tags: Soccer, Benedict XVI, Christian Orthodoxy, Robert Mugabe, Fishing

    9. Mar 18, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. West Chicago, Wheaton faith communities celebrate new pope

    A buzz came over St. Mary's Catholic Parish in West Chicago last week, as smiling members drifted in, stopping to watch staff hang up yellow bunting to celebrate the new pope announced on March 13.
    A buzz came over St. Mary's Catholic Parish in West Chicago last week, as smiling members drifted in, stopping to watch staff hang up yellow bunting to celebrate the new pope announced on March 13. The occasion brought in Linda Helminiak after work, who...

    Tags: Mexico, High Schools, Argentina, Roman Catholicism, Education

    10. Mar 19, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. DuPage county a lot less vanilla

    DuPage County is far different than it was two decades ago with demographic trends showing growth in poverty, more diversity and an aging population, says Candace King, executive director of the DuPage Federation on Human Services Reform. "I tell people...

    Tags: United States Census Bureau, Social Issues, Population and Census, Politics, Government

    11. Mar 19, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  11. Pope Francis urges protection of nature, weak

    VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis urged princes, presidents, sheiks and thousands of ordinary people gathered for his installation Mass on Tuesday to protect the environment, the weakest and the poorest, mapping out a clear focus of his priorities as leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics.
    VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis urged princes, presidents, sheiks and thousands of ordinary people gathered for his installation Mass on Tuesday to protect the environment, the weakest and the poorest, mapping out a clear focus of his priorities as...

    Tags: Christian Orthodoxy, Environmental Cleanup, The Pope, Francis I, Government

    12. Mar 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Minimum wage and the cost of labor

    In their <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-hassett-the-case-against-the-minimum-wage-20130310%2C0%2C1443375.story">Op-Ed article</a> Sunday, economists Kevin A. Hassett and Michael R. Strain said President Obama's proposal to boost the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour would do little to blunt poverty in the United States and would make it more difficult for businesses to hire workers. They said other ways to aid the poor, including expanding the earned income tax credit, would be more effective. In response, reader Ralph Mitchell wrote:
    In their Op-Ed article Sunday, economists Kevin A. Hassett and Michael R. Strain said President Obama's proposal to boost the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour would do little to blunt poverty in the United States and would make it more difficult for...

    Tags: Personal Income, Credit and Debt, Taxation, Politics, Government Aid

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