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Recent census data states there has been a decline in poverty in the U.S. over the last two years. A healthy economy is certainly necessary to fight poverty, but history suggests that public policy reforms are also…
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In the fight for economic equity, the gender pay gap, the difference between how much men and women are paid, is a key issue. The American Association of University Women conducted a study entitled “The Simple Truth…
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In the past several weeks, the history of the Confederate States of America and its icons have been the center of attention nationwide. Shortly after the racially-charged massacre in Charleston, South Carolina, where…
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For decades, education advocates have called for reform in our country’s education system. Since the early 1980s, the challenge to rethink the model has been brewing, giving prominence to changes in the ecosystem of…
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A recent article from Student Loan Hero revealed that the average 2016 college graduates are $37,172 in debt. With student loan debt well into the trillions, many new professional are victims of garnished wages and…
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Let's be honest. The term "blight" has been appropriated to mean the condition of urban, substandard housing in communities of mostly black or brown people who apparently don't care about changing the dismal conditions…
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What is the best way to create effective change, civil disobedience or armed struggle? Like Gandhi, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. used civil disobedience as as a means of effectuating government change on policies and…
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“So long as I do not firmly and irrevocably possess the right to vote I do not possess myself. I cannot make up my mind, it is made up for me. I cannot live as a democratic citizen, observing the laws I have helped to…
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Across the country, the new school year is quickly approaching. Every year, many parents have waded through the complex issue of school choice to enroll their children in the best schools possible.
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"Our needs are identical with labor's needs: decent wages, fair working conditions, livable housing, old-age security, health and welfare measures, conditions in which families can grow, have education for their…
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In the years since Dr. King's death, the face of American poverty has changed. The rates of poverty in suburban America have been rapidly growing. From 2000-2015, the suburbs accounted for nearly half of the national…
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In Dr. King's notes about the Chicago Campaign he said, “It is reasonable to believe that if the problems of Chicago, the nation's second largest city, can be solved, they can be solved everywhere.”