I blogged recently about the problems in the home loan modification racket in which practically nobody ever actually gets help to keep their home: The human face of what happens to families whose home are foreclosed on was made plain at one of the recent food distribution days of Feeding and Teaching in East Los [...]
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californiawatch.org Nearly 25% of California farmworkers and their families live in poverty and almost 70% have no health insurance. Many face what academics call “food insecurity,” which means they’re going hungry and often wondering where the next meal is coming from. Since they have no insurance or extra money, any health issues probably go [...] If you’re trapped in the beltway echo chamber, whether in DC itself or you’ve just been watching too much CNN since you got snowed in, read this. Maybe it will wake you up. Read the whole thing here. The wars? I was talking to the father of a warrior the other day. I dutifully [...] From 2000 – 2008 poverty grew at a rate twice that of population growth. Not surprising, really. During that period, there was a massive transfer of wealth from us to a few elites. Of course, the economy got even worse in 2009, so the poverty rate is certainly even higher now – as Wall [...] New York Times interactive map. Click to use. California only enrolls about half of those eligible, a proportion *less* than any other state. The report breaks the numbers down by county, with several having more than 40% of the total population receiving aid. Something is broken when this many people can’t get by [...] |  | ||||
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