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A lonely voice lost in America’s missing safety net

February 21, 2012. Chicago. Are you poor, desperate and in need of help? Good luck. One lone and desperate Chicagoan uttered those exact words this...

Poverty in Illinois - You're Not Alone

The U.S. Census Bureau came out with a report this week, that measures the concentration of poverty in the United States. Though the mainstream...

Jueseppi B: Newt "Grinch", you know nothing about the poor

Hearing wealthy white male Newt Gingrich - with his $300,000 Tiffany bill - talking about poor people, talking about children being janitors,...

How low are Wal-Mart prices - really?

"I’m not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs repair, I’ll fix it.” ~ Mitt Romney,2/1...

Scrooge GinGrinch in A Christmas Commode

Charles Dickens did a wonderful job in the 1800sexposing all sorts of ills in society.Perhaps the greatest author of the Victorianperiod, hetaught...

KFC, Taco Bell wants food stamps to be used to buy fast food

Yum Brands, corporate owner of KFC, Pizza Hut, Long John Silver's and Taco Bell is lobbying at the federal level to allow food stamps to be...

According to Census, U.S. poverty rises to 15.1 percent

Tuesday, the Census Bureau reported that one in six people live in poverty now, and this ishaving a very adverse effect on children.The reportshows...