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    Apr 23, 2013 |Column| Baltimore Sun

  1. Forcing landlords to accept vouchers won't help the poor

    Human nature frequently disproves theories. Conventional wisdom, for example, says that open office space plans with workers grouped like cattle encourage creativity and collaboration. But study after study shows that people are more inventive, productive...

    Tags: Personal Income, Housing and Urban Planning, Rentals, Rental Service, Chicago Housing Authority

    2. Apr 26, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Banned priest not monitored

    WHITLEY CITY, Ky. — Five years after church officials ordered the Rev. Carroll Howlin to stop functioning as a missionary priest in this isolated mountain community, Joliet diocesan leaders received a letter from a suburban pastor that illuminated just how little the diocese had done to enforce its own protective measures amid a crippling sexual abuse scandal.
    WHITLEY CITY, Ky. — Five years after church officials ordered the Rev. Carroll Howlin to stop functioning as a missionary priest in this isolated mountain community, Joliet diocesan leaders received a letter from a suburban pastor that illuminated...

    Tags: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Christianity, Sexual Misconduct, Prosecution, Sex Crimes

    3. Apr 25, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. Downtown development hasn't brought prosperity to Baltimore

    Here we go again: City leaders want to invest more public dollars in the Inner Harbor ("Improving the city's 'playground,''' April 24). One would have thought had learned from the mistakes of the past.
    Here we go again: City leaders want to invest more public dollars in the Inner Harbor ("Improving the city's 'playground,''' April 24). One would have thought had learned from the mistakes of the past. The Inner Harbor long has symbolized the wrong turn...

    Tags: Downtown (Baltimore, Maryland), Inner Harbor

    4. Apr 21, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. Getting creative to fight poverty

    From Bangor to Peoria, in the Huffington Post and in Forbes Magazine, the press is focusing on the minimum wage. While we hear and read about it constantly these days, many of us never take the time to reflect on what it really means. When seen up...

    Tags: Public Transportation, Environmental Issues, Personal Income, Conservation, The Huffington Post

    5. Apr 6, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  5. Push is on to expand gifted education to more minorities, poor

    As principal of Millennia Elementary, Anne Lynaugh surveyed her campus several years ago and saw more than 700 students, but so few "gifted" youngsters that she could count them on her hands.
    As principal of Millennia Elementary, Anne Lynaugh surveyed her campus several years ago and saw more than 700 students, but so few "gifted" youngsters that she could count them on her hands. It troubled but didn't surprise her. "I just felt we had...

    Tags: Teaching and Learning, Personal Income, Vanderbilt University , Judges, Students

    6. Feb 26, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. TED 2013: 'Factivist' Bono projects poverty rate of zero by 2030

    Bono said during his talk Tuesday at the TED conference in Long Beach that he was asked by TED organizer Chris Anderson to give an overview of the last 10 years of anti-poverty efforts. But the U2 lead singer and international activist was more interested in looking at where these efforts could go in the next two decades with the help of technology and social media. 
    Bono said during his talk Tuesday at the TED conference in Long Beach that he was asked by TED organizer Chris Anderson to give an overview of the last 10 years of anti-poverty efforts. But the U2 lead singer and international activist was more interested...

    Tags: Vaccines, Drugs and Medicines, The Rolling Stones (music group), HIV, U2 (music group)

    7. Mar 21, 2013 | Orlando Sentinel

  7. Money divided House, Senate on potential Medicaid expansion alternative

    Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando Sentinel
    TALLAHASSEE — State Rep. Richard Corcoran, who is heading up the House debates over implementation of the Affordable Care Act, said that money will be the biggest issue separating the House and Senate over alternative Medicaid expansion plans. The...
    8. Apr 7, 2013 |Column| Baltimore Sun

  8. How the welfare state has grown — and sapped America's economy and culture

    "I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." — Thomas Jefferson
    "I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." — Thomas Jefferson My recent column on the challenges associated with the Social...

    Tags: Social Security, Elections, Sociology, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Business Enterprises

    9. Apr 6, 2013 |Story| AM News

  9. A CONSTANT REMINDER: Blue ribbons symbolize continued fight against child abuse in Kentucky

    By now most people have likely driven by at least one display of bundled blue pinwheels or ribbons. If just one person has wondered what they are all about, then the symbols have served their purpose. 
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    By now most people have likely driven by at least one display of bundled blue pinwheels or ribbons. If just one person has wondered what they are all about, then the symbols have served their purpose.  On March 18, Gov. Steve Beshear proclaimed April as...

    Tags: Steve Beshear, Punishment, Child Abuse, Social Issues, Abusive Behavior

    10. Apr 5, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  10. Don't believe media: Sequester already causing real pain

    Regular readers of this column have heard me say it before, but I'll say it again: I'm often embarrassed by the questions my colleagues ask at White House briefings. This week was no exception.
    Regular readers of this column have heard me say it before, but I'll say it again: I'm often embarrassed by the questions my colleagues ask at White House briefings. This week was no exception. Among reporters inside the Beltway, the latest narrative,...

    Tags: Bethlehem (Northampton, Pennsylvania), Air Transportation Industry, Government Debt, U.S. Army, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)

    11. Mar 26, 2013 |Story| WDBJ7

  11. Poverty a huge issue in rural counties

    A hot meal is something most of us take for granted.  But there's a good chance some people in your hometown are hungry and don't have food to eat.
    WDBJ7 Reporter
    A hot meal is something most of us take for granted.  But there's a good chance some people in your hometown are hungry and don't have food to eat. Today, the U-S Department of Agriculture announced plans to expand StrikeForce.  Virginia is one of ten...

    Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Healthy Diet, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, The Happiest News!, Human Interest

    12. Mar 23, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV

  12. Medicaid expansion in trouble in Michigan Legislature

    LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Rep. Matt Lori found himself in an unusual position when shepherding through a $15.3 billion health budget that pays for Medicaid, the health insurance program for the needy. The Republican chairman of the House health budget...

    Tags: Republican Party, Government, Health Insurance Cost, Elections, Personal Income

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