Crime and Punishment: Why the Poor Stay Poor In America

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Hunger In America
Why Food Insecurity Is Increasing... Part I
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May 2023
Does Remote Work Shift The Balance Of Power From Your Boss To You? Maybe.
Listen now (11 min) | But You Will Have More Time, Energy and Money... and Our Economy Will Benefit, Too
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Environmental Readings To Start Your Week
What's Melting Ice, Raging Fires And Fossil Fuel Tradeoffs Got To Do With it?
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It Can Be A Full Time Job To Get Your Unemployment Benefits
Listen now (11 min) | And Yes, It's Likely On Purpose.
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The Unemployment Compensation System Lets Too Many People Fall Through The Cracks...
Listen now (10 min) | And Some States Are Trying To Whittle The Numbers Even More
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April 2023
A Mishmash of Mid-Week (ish) Readings
Learning from the Pandemic, Punishing the Poor, and Changing the Ohio Constitution...
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Work Requirements For Food & Medicaid Benefits
Listen now (11 min) | Does It Help Or Punish The Poor?
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Do Older Americans Have A Harder Time Getting A Mortgage?
Listen now (9 min) | A New Study Says "Yes".
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A Trio of Environmental Articles For Your Sunday/Monday Reads
Where Politics Meet Our Natural World
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March 2023
The Cost of Borrowing Is Sky High
Listen now (11 min) | And Hurts the Middle Class And Poor the Most
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Taxes and Poverty
Listen now (13 min) | How a Skewed Tax Code and Lopsided Auditing Hurt the Poor
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A Mishmash of Monday Readings
Saving Dirt Roads, Banning Dollar Stores, A Bank Failure
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