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Welfare :: Poverty

NPR Topics: Politics & Society

White House Red-Faced Over Berlusconi Gaffe
Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:00:00 -0400
The White House has apologized for a biography of Silvio Berlusconi that calls the Italian leader "one of the most controversial leaders in the history of a country known for government corruption and vice." The bio was distributed at the G-8 summit.
Mccain, Obama Court Hispanics
Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:24:00 -0400
Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama address the League of United Latin American Citizens. Democrats aim to increase Hispanic turnout, while Republicans hope to build on the inroads George W. Bush made among Hispanic voters in 2004.
Housing Bill Moves Slowly Through Congress
Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:00:00 -0400
The housing bill is inching forward though Congress with bipartisan support, while Nevada Republican Sen. John Ensign tries to attach a package of energy tax breaks. The tax breaks also have bipartisan support, but only if their cost is offset.

The Talk of the Town

The Chill
Nick Paumgarten Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000
If you had stumbled into Banjo Jim’s, in the East Village, on a recent Wednesday night and encountered a sixty-something guy leading a band through a fervent rendition of “Wild Thing,” for an audience of two dozen or so, you might have concluded, “This is lame,” and slipped back . . .
Oily Speculations
James Surowiecki Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000
When bad things happen, it’s always nice to have a scapegoat. So, with Americans furious about soaring oil prices, Congress has gone in search of someone to blame. There are a number of usual suspects to choose from, depending on your politics--OPEC, greedy oil companies, lily-livered environmentalists opposed . . .
Obama’s Iraq Problem
George Packer Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000
In February, 2007, when Barack Obama declared that he was running for President, violence in Iraq had reached apocalyptic levels, and he based his candidacy, in part, on a bold promise to begin a rapid withdrawal of American forces upon taking office. At the time, this pledge represented conventional thinking . . .

 

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LINC Project - A source of information for and about grassroots groups nationwide who are organizing to confront welfare and poverty issues.
Meta Description: [ The Low Income Networking and Communications (LINC) Project works to build the technology capacity of low-income grassroots groups across the country, enabling community-based organizers and low-income individuals to gain a presence in public debates on economic justice issues, be informed, reach... ]

Affirmative Options Coalition - Statewide coalition advocating and organizing for a comprehensive approach to welfare reform and economic security in Minnesota.
Meta Description: [ Affirmative Options is a statewide coalition of more than 50 organizations. Our mission is to promote public policies that create opportunities for low-income Minnesotans to achieve economic security. ]

Californians for Justice - A statewide grassroots organization working to empower communities that have been pushed to the margins of the political process in California.

Community Voices Heard - Community Voices Heard (CVH) is an organization of low-income people, predominately women on welfare, working together to make improvements in our community, and advance the political, economic and social rights of low-income people on welfare and other low-wage workers.

Families United for Racial and Economic Equality - FUREE is a multiracial, woman led membership organization made up of low-income and no-income workers. We are organizing to affect the welfare system so that all people's work is valued and all people have the right to not only choose their own destinies but to earn the economic means to live out those destinies.
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Grass Roots Organizing - GRO- Grass Roots Organizing is agrassroots organization that gives voice to individuals and communities in the pursuit of economic and human rights.

Just Harvest - A membership organization which promotes economic justice and works to influence public policy and to educate, empower, and mobilize the citizens of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Meta Description: [ Just Harvest - A Center for Action Against Hunger - is a membership organization which promotes economic justice and works to influence public policy and to educate, empower and mobilize the citizens of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania communities toward the elimination of hunger. ]

LIFETIME - LIFETIME is a nonprofit organization created by student mothers at the University of California Berkeley who completed college degrees while raising their families on welfare, and who are committed to helping other do the same.

Make The Road By Walking - Make the Road by Walking is a not-for-profit, membership-led organization based in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Our members are primarily low-income Latino and African-American residents of Bushwick and surrounding neighborhoods. Make the Road by Walking fights for justice and opportunity through community organizing on issues of concern to our multi-generational membership.

404 Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition - The Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition is committed to promoting the rights, opportunities, and well-being of immigrant and refugee communities. Our work focuses on policy advocacy, public education, capacity building and leadership development in newcomer communities.

Montana People's Action - A socially and racially diverse organization of low and moderate income Montanans. We empower our members to achieve lasting change for social and economic justice using Direct Action.
Meta Description: [ Homepage for Montana People's Action, a membership-based direct action organization working on economic justice issues. ]

Philadelphia Unemployment Project - The Philadelphia Unemployment Project is a membership organization of low-wage workers and the unemployed. PUP has fought for jobs and for economic justice since 1975. We are also an unemployed workers center that helps people win unemployment cases, save their houses, and get access to health care.

POWER - POWER is an organization made up of and led by no- and low-wage workers fighting for real change.

Solutions - Solutions to Issues of Concern to Knoxvilliansis a grassroots social justice organization that seeks to unite diverse people, regardless of their age, race, gender, sexual orientation, disability, income, or background, to work for changes on issues of common concern.

Welfare Rights Organizing Coalition - WROC of Olympia, Washington, organizes groups of women and men who are current or former TANF recipients to watch how welfare and family policy is implemented on the local and federal level.
Meta Description: [ WROC's Mission is to effect economic and social justice by educating and empowering low income parents. ]

Welfare Warriors - Milwaukee group works to create a voice for mothers in poverty through organization and media.

Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW) - Works in Washington, DC and across the US to achieve economic independence and equality of opportunity for women and girls. Supports technical assistance, training, and other programs. Event information, links to affiliated resource sites, publications, and ways to support the organization are provided.

Wisconsin 9 to 5 - A national grassroots membership organization that strengthens women's ability to work for economic justice.

Working for Equality and Economic Liberation - WEEL works to hold those in power accountable to families instead of profits. Weel works on the state(Montana), local, and national level.