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Low-Income People Pay More State Taxes Than Richest 1 Percent
New data from The Corporation for Enterprise Development shows that in every state (excluding the District of Columbia), the bottom 20 percent of earners pay more in state taxes as a percentage of...
View ArticleTax Program Helps Low-Income Families; Alabama Unrelenting on Anti-Immigrant...
Compiled by Wally McElwain, a Spring 2012 intern at The Leadership Conference Education Fund Antipoverty Tax Program Offers Relief, Though Often Temporary Sabrina Tavernise New York Times Every April,...
View ArticleThe REAL Hunger Games
Are you familiar with the cult sensation, The Hunger Games? Well now the REAL hunger games have begun in our own capital of Washington, D.C. This week the U.S. House of Representatives is voting on $36...
View ArticleCornel West and Tavis Smiley Talk Attacks on Voting Rights & Poverty
This is a pretty good interview. My favorite line is West’s “treat the poor like investment bankers.” It’s an evocative line and really makes you think how different our economy might be if we invested...
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Raise the Minimum Wage
Think about trying to live on a job that pays the current federal minimum wage of $7.25. How far will your paycheck go? What if you have to drive to that job or pay for daycare for a child? If you’re...
View ArticleCivil Rights News:Texas Medicaid Refusal Carries Dire Consequences; Study...
Compiled by David Seidman, a Summer 2012 Leadership Conference Education Fund Intern The Rush to Abandon the Poor Editorial New York Times On July 9, Texas Governor Rick Perry informed the Obama...
View ArticleCivil Rights News: Poverty Rising Sharply in U.S.; Low Wages, Poor Working...
Compiled by Madeline Peare, a Summer 2012 Leadership Conference Education Fund Intern US Poverty on Track to Rise to Highest Since 1960s Hope Yen Associated Press The poverty rate is expected to...
View ArticleCivil Rights News: AZ Sheriff Arpaio in Court; ACA Ruling May Leave 3 Million...
Compiled by Jaimie Woo, a Summer 2012 Leadership Conference Education Fund Intern. Confronted in Court With This Own Words, Sheriff Denies Profiling Fernanda Santos The New York Times Arizona sheriff,...
View ArticleCivil Rights News: Defending Food Stamps; Support of Maryland’s Dream act; OH...
Compiled by David Seidman “On the backs of the hungry” Politico (Opinion) Rep. Rosa DeLauro and Rep. George Miller In a Monday opinion piece, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D. Conn., and Rep. George Miller, D....
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Without Government Safety Net, Millions of Americans Would Face Deeper Poverty
Today is Poverty Day, and the U.S. Census Bureau has released new data that show 46.2 million people (15 percent) lived in poverty last year. Compared with 2010, the current poverty rate is not...
View ArticleFiscal Cliff Puts Impoverished Families, Youth, and Our Nation’s Future at Risk
Time is running short for Congress to pass a budget deal that could drive our nation toward a future of growth and prosperity rather than drive us over a proverbial cliff. The package of tax increases...
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MLK’s Unfinished Business
Since his death in 1968, the civil and human rights movement has carried on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s work, broken down barriers, and created new opportunities for many who once faced exclusion and...
View ArticleCivil Rights News: Obama’s Diverse Judges; Budget Cuts to Hit the Poor...
Compiled by Philomena Ogalo, a Spring 2013 intern at The Leadership Conference Education Fund Obama pushing to diversify federal judiciary amid GOP delays Jeff Chiu The Washington Post As President...
View ArticleCivil Rights News: Ending Hunger No Longer a Shared Goal in Washington;...
Compiled by Monica We, a Spring 2013 at The Leadership Conference Education Fund. There Was a Time When Ending Hunger Was a National Goal for Republicans and Democrats Dorothy Samuels The New York...
View ArticleCivil Rights New: Full Senate Gearing Up for Immigration Bill; Equal Pay Acts...
Compiled by Claire Ross a Summer 2013 intern at The Leadership Conference Education Fund “Senate Digs In for Long Battle on Overhaul of Immigration” Michael d. Shear and Ashley Parker The New York...
View ArticleNew Report on Why Protecting LGBT Workers is a Family Value Highlights Need...
By Simone Novorr, a Spring 2014 Leadership Conference Education Fund Intern The Center for American Progress (CAP) this week released a report, “Whose Family Do We Truly Value?”, highlighting the need...
View Article5 Things We Can Do To Cut Poverty Today
By Patrick McNeil, Leadership Conference Communications Assistant The Half in Ten campaign released this video today highlighting five steps we can take to help reduce poverty in the United States,...
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New Polling Data: Millennials and Poverty
By Patrick McNeil, Leadership Conference Education Fund Communications Assistant The Half in Ten campaign and the Center for American Progress this week released new data highlighting the relationship...
View ArticleSmall Businesses Support a Minimum Wage Increase, Poll Finds
By Patrick McNeil, Communications Assistant Entrepreneurs support a federal increase in the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour, an opinion poll conducted last month by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research on...
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