Social Work/Social Action

Inside a Payday Loan Shop Save $90 Million by Malnourishing Children How Low-Income Housing Causes Brain Damage New Yorkers Fear Becoming Ho...

The Times reports on the Last Homeless Man in Times Square: As long as there have been homeless people sleeping in Times Square, there hav...

From Nate Silver :

From the NYT : The Bloomberg administration said Friday that the number of people living on New York’s streets and subways soared 34 percent...

We'll inflict pain if you put us on TV .

From Pew Center on the States: For the first time in nearly 40 years, the number of state prisoners in the United States has declined, acco...

“If you look at rates of obesity, diabetes, poor access to grocery stores, poverty rates, unemployment and hunger measures, the Bronx lights...

Low-income mothers and welfare recipients discuss the upcoming reauthorization of welfare reform; audio via the I nstitute for Women's ...

UPDATE: The Census Bureau lays out the plan for the new, alternative-but-only-supplemental poverty measure (SPM).

From Nate Silver .

" I've discovered that if I don't die within the next two years, I won't be able to afford to live." HERE

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities reports on state-level budget cuts: Cuts Affect Wide Range of Services States began cutting thei...

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From Colorlines (h/t Poverty Law ) Since she was 16, Eva Hernández has worked a string of low-wage jobs. She’s prepared chicken at KFC, run...

From the NYT : Here and in swaths of many cities, evictions from rental properties are so common that they are part of the texture of life. ...

From Feeding America : they help supply food banks (warehouses stocked with food) which, in turn, deliver it to local soup kitchens (where y...