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President Obama’s Final State of the Union: What to Watch For and How You Can Participate
Lecia Imbery,
January 11, 2016
Tuesday night will see President Obama delivering his seventh – and final – State of the Union address. By most accounts, the President will both reflect on the past – highlight some of his Administration’s accomplishments – and look ahead to the future. With only one year remaining in office,...
Talking Poverty with GOP Candidates at the Kemp Forum Tomorrow
Lecia Imbery,
January 8, 2016
As you hopefully saw in our earlier blog post and Fact of the Week, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) is moderating a forum on “Expanding Opportunity” tomorrow (Saturday, January 9) in which at least seven of the Republican presidential candidates will take part. We’ll be taking part via social media,...
Fact of the Week: If Income Gains Had Been Broadly Shared – and not Concentrated in the Hands of the Richest 1 Percent – Poverty in America Could Have Been Eliminated by 1985
Deborah Weinstein,
January 8, 2016
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) is interested in reducing poverty, and is moderating a forum on “Expanding Opportunity” this Saturday (January 9) in South Carolina, in which at least seven of the Republican presidential candidates will take part. We await with interest their proposals to reduce poverty and expand opportunity....
GOP Candidates Take the Stage to Discuss Poverty, But Will They Walk the Talk?
Lecia Imbery,
January 7, 2016
2016 is finally here, which means the presidential election is now only 305 days away. Reducing poverty and expanding opportunity for all Americans should be a key issue during the campaign season. So you can bet we’ll be watching with interest this Saturday, January 9th, when at least seven Republican...
#StopGunViolence
Lecia Imbery,
January 6, 2016
A few weeks ago, my significant other and I were watching the HBO series Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel. One of the segments was on kids and guns. As you can see in this brief video, a 13-year-old actor (being driven around by his mom, since he’s not old enough...
