Wednesday, November 16, 2011

The reading room returns!

It's been quite a while since I've posted some reading material, but I am back and ready to inundate you with articles dealing with issues around poverty that have caught my eye over the past few days. My selection includes 2 dealing with national level data, one with a Mississippi specific case and finally an article from today's Denver Post about the rising numbers of those without health insurance as it illustrates the connection between low salaries and lack of health insurance.


Extreme poverty at record levels with supportive statistics:
http://www.alternet.org/story/153005/Extreme_Poverty_Is_Now_at_Record_Levels_--_19_Statistics_About_the_Poor_That_Will_Absolutely_Astound_You/?page=entire

The generational divide in foreclosures, Gen X hit much harder than the Baby Boomers:
http://www.npr.org/2011/11/13/142275958/gen-x-takes-the-housing-hit-boomers-only-grazed?ps=cprs%3Fsc%3Dfb&cc=fp

'Stealing' food stamps with restitution nets a longer prison sentence than multi million dollar mortgage fraud in Mississippi:
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/11/15/369180/mississippi-woman-receives-three-year-prison-sentence-for-feeding-her-family/

A 22% rise in uninsured Coloradans over the past 2 years (hint - they can't afford it on their low salaries! Big news for some, old news for us):
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_19345079


I will be more active in posting supplementary reading material related to our work here and encourage you to do the same. Have you found an article that hits home? Link to it in the comments so we can read it too!

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