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March 29, 2012
The Defunding of Women's Health Care in Texas May Force Rural Clinics to Close
We keep hammering away at this same general point, but really: It's been a terrible year for family planning providers in Texas. First the Legislature moved $73.6 million out of the state family-planning budget for the next two years . At the same time, they changed to a tiered funding structure tha ... More >>
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February 16, 2012
Rawlings: We Must "Take Notice" of High Number of Dallasites So Close to Asset Poverty
If you need a new benchmark to measure just how broke you are, try "asset poverty." Asset-poor households would be unable to survive for three months at the federal poverty level if some crisis caused them to lose their source of income. As Robert mentioned earlier, asset poverty is the subject of ... More >>
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November 28, 2011
It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Except For the 30 Percent of Dallas County Children Living Below the Poverty Line
Shortly before Thanksgiving 2007, Timothy Bray and co-author Nathan Berg of the University of Texas at Dallas issued a report that hasn't aged a day since its initial publication: Access to Grocery Stores and Food Security in Dallas, which began the ongoing conversation concerning the so-called " ... More >>
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April 12, 2011
New Anti-Poverty Coalition to Demand Dallas City Hall Zone Payday Lenders Out of Business
Been trying to reach council member Jerry Allen ever since yesterday; no luck so far. But we know where he'll be at 3 today: in the Flag Room at Dallas City Hall, standing beside Dr. Frederick Haynes and Rev. Gerald Britt at an anti-payday lender press conference on behalf of the Anti-Poverty Coa ... More >>
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September 16, 2010
Proof Positive
Been trying to reach council member Jerry Allen ever since yesterday; no luck so far. But we know where he'll be at 3 today: in the Flag Room at Dallas City Hall, standing beside Dr. Frederick Haynes and Rev. Gerald Britt at an anti-payday lender press conference on behalf of the Anti-Poverty Coa ... More >>
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September 16, 2010
According to Census Bureau, 4,262,000 Texans Now Living Below the Poverty Line
This morning, the U.S. Census Bureau released its latest Income, Poverty and Health Insurance in the United States report. And while some take issue with how the bureau calculates the poverty rate, the headline are more or less the same: "U.S. Poverty Rate Jumps To 14.3 Percent." The median natio ... More >>
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July 1, 2010
The State of Texas Cannot Execute The Mentally Retarded, But That May Not Prevent A Dallas Cop Killer From Being Put To Death.
This morning, the U.S. Census Bureau released its latest Income, Poverty and Health Insurance in the United States report. And while some take issue with how the bureau calculates the poverty rate, the headline are more or less the same: "U.S. Poverty Rate Jumps To 14.3 Percent." The median natio ... More >>
Blogs
April 26, 2010
Doc About Jubilee Park to Premiere at Episcopal Church Conference This Week
Daniel's on top of the Dallas Independent School District's efforts to pay pennies on the dollar to Jubilee Park residents and businesses in order to make way for a new O.M. Roberts Elementary School building. He hopes, before the day's out, to get some kind of response -- any kind of response -- ... More >>
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October 2, 2009
You Think the Recession Blows? Well, Sure. But Try Living On One Dollar a Day.
"Andrea," who received $1,500 from the Chiapas Project to become a farmer in Mexico, where she support four generations of familySure, our economy's grim, but consider this: In Haiti, 80 percent of the population lives under the poverty line and two-thirds lack formal jobs. Altering such circumst ... More >>
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June 4, 2009
Porcelain for the People
"Andrea," who received $1,500 from the Chiapas Project to become a farmer in Mexico, where she support four generations of familySure, our economy's grim, but consider this: In Haiti, 80 percent of the population lives under the poverty line and two-thirds lack formal jobs. Altering such circumst ... More >>
Blogs
December 12, 2008
In Dallas, a Rise in Homelessness and Hunger Due to "Bleak" Economy
This morning, outside a rescue mission in Miami, the U.S. Conference of Mayors released a study concerning homelessness and hunger in 25 major cities, with Dallas among those participating in the survey. The section dealing specifically with the city can be found on Page 30 of the 85-page report, bu ... More >>
Blogs
November 16, 2007
One Out of Four Texas Children Goes Hungry At Some Point During the Year
This morning, outside a rescue mission in Miami, the U.S. Conference of Mayors released a study concerning homelessness and hunger in 25 major cities, with Dallas among those participating in the survey. The section dealing specifically with the city can be found on Page 30 of the 85-page report, bu ... More >>
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June 28, 2007
Wild and Woolly
This morning, outside a rescue mission in Miami, the U.S. Conference of Mayors released a study concerning homelessness and hunger in 25 major cities, with Dallas among those participating in the survey. The section dealing specifically with the city can be found on Page 30 of the 85-page report, bu ... More >>
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July 13, 2006
They Know Jack
This morning, outside a rescue mission in Miami, the U.S. Conference of Mayors released a study concerning homelessness and hunger in 25 major cities, with Dallas among those participating in the survey. The section dealing specifically with the city can be found on Page 30 of the 85-page report, bu ... More >>
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June 1, 2006
Work Book
Cohen delves into working America
Music
December 2, 2004
Dolly Parton
Friday, December 3
Dining
June 24, 2004
Feed the Need
What is soup kitchen food like?
News
May 29, 2003
Just Get Married!
Bells will be ringing as a new pro-marriage, anti-poverty plan takes root in Texas
News
January 27, 2000
Make 'em pay
Dallas activists fight
for a living wage from city contractors
News
May 28, 1998
Nice try
A troubled Dallas anti-poverty agency's end-run around state regulators goes nowhere

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