Author Archives: Connie Mick

While their economic platforms are markedly different, both candidates promise to create jobs but have said little about helping people while they are not working. Source: The Millions of Americans Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Barely Mention: The Poor – … Continue reading →

Pity Won’t End Poverty

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The future has arrived, and it’s the thinnest of envelopes. Source: College Admissions Shocker! – The New York Times

President Obama has been a lifelong advocate for the poor. As President, his life experiences inform his efforts to create a path of opportunity for all hard-working Americans to enter the middle class. Source: Poverty

Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s students seek area residents to apply for loans. Source: College student program opposes payday lending – South Bend Tribune: Local

In some parts of the country, adults with the lowest incomes die on average as young as people in much poorer nations like Rwanda, and their life spans are getting shorter. Source: The Rich Live Longer Everywhere. For the Poor, … Continue reading →

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 →