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Showing posts with label poverty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poverty. Show all posts
Monday, October 7, 2019
MassBUdget: Concentrated Poverty Affects 90,000 Massachusetts Children
Thursday, October 4, 2018
MassBudget: Progress in reducing poverty in Massachusetts slows in 2017
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Saturday, September 16, 2017
MassBudget: Examining Today's New Census Data on Income, Poverty, Children
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Saturday, March 16, 2013
TED 2013: Bono on poverty (video)
Spend 14 minutes to get some impressive facts on poverty.
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"We're going to win if we work together as one, because the power of the people is so much stronger than the people in power." Bono
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Or focus your activities on the Franklin community and help with the Franklin Food Pantry
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Two fact sheets on new health care, poverty data from the U.S. Census Bureau
New Census data show Massachusetts leads nation in health care coverage; poverty rises nationally
September 13, 2011
The U.S. Census Bureau today released data on health insurance and poverty rates for 2010. Two new fact sheets by the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center examine the data.
Massachusetts Still the Leader in Health Care Coverage reports on Census Bureau data indicating that Massachusetts health insurance coverage rate is more than ten percentage points higher than the national rate. Using a multi-year average, the Census data estimate that in the 2008-2010 period, Massachusetts had a health insurance coverage rate of 95 percent - more than any other state in the nation.
U.S. Poverty Rate Rises Again shows that the national poverty rate increased for the third year in a row in 2010, rising to 15.1 percent from 14.3 percent in 2009. The poverty rate is now at its highest point since 1993, and the total number of people living in poverty-46.2 million-is the highest number in the 52 years for which the Census Bureau has published poverty estimates. The Census data also show that the percentage of people in deep poverty-those with incomes below 50 percent of the official poverty level-rose to 6.7 percent in 2010 the highest point since the Census Bureau began to publish this measure in 1975.
The health insurance fact sheet is available here, the fact sheet on poverty is available here; both can be found at www.massbudget.org.
MassBudget provides independent research and analysis of state budget and tax policies, as well as economic issues, with particular attention to the effects on low- and moderate-income people.
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Friday, January 9, 2009
Can green jobs solve poverty?
There is an interesting conversation about
Van Jones and California State Senator Darrell Steinberg discuss a unique solution for our economy and environment. Together they offer a clear vision for green economic development and its potential.
Click through to listen here.
Well worth listening to!
Can green-collar jobs clean the "dirty-energy economy" and lift people out of poverty?The discussion revolves around education in California where the drop out rate from public schools is now 25%. 41% for Blacks and 31% for Latinos.
Van Jones and California State Senator Darrell Steinberg discuss a unique solution for our economy and environment. Together they offer a clear vision for green economic development and its potential.
Click through to listen here.
Well worth listening to!
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