08/29/2019
The chasm between what the country’s corporate leaders and their workers earn is widening beyond scope according to Economic Policy Institute new research that shows CEO compensation surged 940% between 1978 to 2018 while the average worker saw a meager 12% pay hike over the same 40-year period.
CEOs rake in 940% more than 40 years ago, while average workers earn 12% more
08/28/2019
Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR) provides one of the best federal policy opportunities to address childhood hunger in America. Every five years, Congress reviews the child nutrition programs such as schools meals and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), and can change regulations around these programs. Congress is working on CNR this term, which means that we have the opportunity to fundamentally change child nutrition programs for the better.
08/27/2019
The toxic combination of lower earnings and higher student-loan balances—combined with tight credit in the recovery years—has led to working poor Millennials.
08/26/2019
The Agriculture Department said its proposal would cut off an estimated 3 million people from food stamps but said nothing about the 500,000+ children from those same households who would automatically lose eligibility for free meals at school.
500,000 Children Could Lose Free School Meals Under Trump Administration Proposal
08/23/2019
This is outstanding! 70 mayors across the country banded together to oppose budget cuts to SNAP. “As Mayors, we serve as the CEOs of the nation’s cities; and remain most concerned about any proposal that will reduce improvements to the health of our residents, weaken nutrition programs, deteriorate advances to healthy food access, and spur declines in local and regional economies.” We applaud New York State mayors- Mayor Bill de Blasio Tom Roach-Mayor White Plains, City of Rochester, NY – Mayor’s Office Lovely Warren and Buffalo’s Mayor Byron W. Brown for their leadership!
70 mayors: Trump plan to cut 3M people from food stamps will hurt economies and the vulnerable
08/22/2019
“Waitresses are emblematic of the type of job expected to grow most in the American economy in the next decade — low-wage service work with no guaranteed hours or income.” The decade-long economic expansion has been a boon to those at the top of the economic ladder. But it left millions of workers behind, particularly the 4.4 million workers who rely on tips to earn a living, fully two-thirds of them women.
#workingpoor #rootcauses
Christina Munce waits tables at Broad Street Diner in Philadelphia, where she’s worked for more than eight years.
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Low Wages, Sexual Harassment and Unreliable Tips. This Is Life in America’s Booming Service Industry
08/20/2019
“Quite simply, under this rule, more children will go hungry, more families will go without medical care and more people will be living in the shadows and on the streets. We cannot and we will not let that happen.” – Letitia James New York State Attorney General told NBC News
New York, Connecticut and Vermont sue to block Trump’s public charge rule
08/20/2019
It is this marker of rural poverty—lack of or limited transportation—that led George Wood, the district’s superintendent, to conceive of the food bus model three years ago. Food pantries serve as a lifeline to many of the families. But they haven’t always been easy to access. “Many people don’t have working cars and there’s no mass transit here,” says Wood.
With a Focus on Food Sovereignty, Rural Appalachian Ohio is Rebounding | Civil Eats
08/16/2019
The USDA acknowledged that the change could harm the estimated 12 percent of United States households experiencing food insecurity. “The proposed rule may also negatively impact food security and reduce the savings rates among those individuals who do not meet the income and resource eligibility requirements for SNAP or the substantial and ongoing requirements for expanded categorical eligibility,” the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in the rule’s cost-benefit analysis.
08/15/2019
The solution to food insecurity is ending poverty. But this is a solution in the day-to-day need.
How hunger-fighting orgs have used DoorDash to help save 1 million pounds of food from landfills
08/13/2019
Today MomsRising.org is hosting an urgent #FBLive to learn more about Trump’s #PublicCharge rule, how can fight this rule, and what to do if you or a loved one are worried about the rule.
Remember: even though DHS finalized the rule, families will have several weeks before it takes effect. Tune in to learn more.
08/08/2019
The idea that our future is disconnected from knowledge because of a lack of internet connectivity, material resources like devices and opportunities for learning is disheartening. A lack of access to technology can perpetuate poverty by restricting opportunities for social mobility. Comcast is expanding its Internet Essentials program to change this.
Comcast’s low-cost broadband program initially designed to get low-income families with children connected to the internet is expanding to include all poor people in its service area.
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Comcast expands Internet Essentials to all low-income households
