“My adjusted gross income is $28,000,” said Shala Marshall, a 17-year veteran Spanish teacher with a master’s degree and a finalist for Oklahoma teacher of the year. “I can’t support a family on that." https://t.co/ArjRkGKgrG
In cities like Jacksonville and St. Louis, maps of mortgage approvals and home values in black neighborhoods look the same as they did decades ago, before the passage of the landmark fair housing law https://t.co/Mb49y2xdzQ
"Taxes paid by immigrants and their children—both legal and unauthorized—exceed the costs of the services they use." @PSAA_635#PSAA635 https://t.co/QmhnFuyvhh
Taxes paid by immigrants and their children—both legal and unauthorized—exceed the costs of the services they use. Read our economic facts on immigration: https://t.co/atAL4RmeRq
At least 12 states signaled that they would sue to block the Trump administration from adding a question about citizenship to the 2020 census https://t.co/El9YUI7AIg
"Black and American Indian children born into upper- or upper-middle-class families are nearly as likely to fall to the bottom fifth of the income distribution as to stay in the top fifth." (via @dylanmatt) https://t.co/CASqoPcshs
50-state data: no correlation between state drug imprisonment rates and drug use, arrest, overdose rates.
Locking up more drug offenders increases punishment and taxpayer costs, but numbers don't show benefit for public health and safety.
https://t.co/wKsPzMEYw4 via @pewtrusts
.@HUDgov's plan to scrap anti-discrimination language may be symbolic, but the administration has also blocked Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rules that would have forced real change.
https://t.co/oi3cIqgWDK
Nearly 1 in 10 seniors in the U.S. live below the poverty line, though the share varies across states. Explore our new interactive map showing the poverty rate among seniors under the official poverty measure and the Supplemental Poverty Measure.
https://t.co/Ia2pcvxzzY
"KFF’s Barbara Lyons explores Medicaid’s role in treatment of opioid addiction and examines claims the program has exacerbated the problem."
@PSAA_635#PSAA635 https://t.co/RsDeaAYj9Z
@PSAA_635#psaa635
"State and local lawmakers also hope to recover the financial costs of the crisis, echoing successful lawsuits against tobacco companies." https://t.co/7jcHDwUTbn
The greatness of this America doesn’t belong to any single politician to give or take away. The greatness of America lives in its promise. That promise belongs to all of us, and it’s all of ours to defend and bring to bear.
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"If you’re on Medicaid in Kentucky and are kicked off the rolls for failing to meet the state’s new work requirements, Kentucky will be offering a novel way to reactivate your medical coverage: a health or financial literacy course you must pass." https://t.co/IMCltQ5ALL
15 low-income Kentuckians are suing the Trump administration over new Medicaid work requirements. We had two stories this past week on why people may be unhappy.
How paperwork hurts the poor: https://t.co/ghl3f1MYwV
Having to pass a literacy course: https://t.co/5laheXMsRj
"[Lenzer's] new book is about the potential dangers of the millions of medical devices implanted in our bodies - artificial joints, cardiac stents, surgical mesh and pacemakers, among many others." @PSAA_635
https://t.co/lBfW2KZTEa