Monthly Archives: March 2016

The Great Recession may have ended in 2009, but despite the subsequent jobs rebound and declining unemployment rate, the number of people living below the federal poverty line in the United States remains stuck at recession-era record levels. Source: U.S. … Continue reading →

Since Indiana’s expansion began in February 2015, more than 235,000 previously uninsured able-bodied adults have signed up. Source: In conservative Indiana, Medicaid expansion makes poorest pay

In a Capitol Hill speech billed as a repudiation of the tone of the 2016 election, House Speaker Paul Ryan apologized for his own past rhetoric about poor people of color.“There was a time when I would talk about a … Continue reading →

An immersive seminar takes students and professors on a trip to experience human hardship and social justice on the US/Mexico border front lines. Source: A Transformative Journey // University of Notre Dame

A literature professor who teaches about the U.S.-Mexico border reflects on the troubled lives and deaths of would-be migrants — from the southern side of the desert wall built to keep them out. Source: Crossing the Border // News // … Continue reading →