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New DC Poverty Figures … Surprising and Not

Figures the Census Bureau released two weeks ago indicated that the poverty rate in the District of Columbia had gone up — and by a lot. Looking at the two-year average to compensate for the sma… more →

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New DC Poverty Figures ... Surprising and Not — 2 comments

Kathryn Baer wrote 8 months ago: Figures the Census Bureau released two weeks ago indicated that the poverty rate in the District of … more →

Tags: poverty, District of Columbia, washington dc, DC, Poverty Rate, Income Inequality, household income, american community survey, black poverty rate

Census Poverty Rates Defy Predictions — 4 comments

Kathryn Baer wrote 8 months ago: Well, the crystal ball gazers blew it. The Census Bureau just reported that the poverty rate didn … more →

Tags: Reports, poverty, unemployment benefits, Census, Poverty Rate, single mother poverty rate, black poverty rate, Hispanic poverty rate, Senior Poverty Rate

Hunger Struck More Families Last Year, USDA Reports

Kathryn Baer wrote 8 months ago: September is Hunger Action Month — a campaign launched by Feeding America to get us involved i … more →

Tags: Food & Nutrition, Reports, food stamps, Snap, food insecurity, USDA, U S Department Of Agriculture, food stamp cut, Food Security report

Bits on Uphill Battles -- and Downward Falls

Kathryn Baer wrote 9 months ago: Another scrapbook of fragments that didn’t get into posts I’ve written, plus some though … more →

Tags: Advocacy, District of Columbia, DC, Fair Budget Coalition, Economic mobility, Fiscal Year 2013 budget, Pew Center, income mobility for blacks, black-white income gap

What Is Poverty In America?

Kathryn Baer wrote 1 year ago: Mercedes Diane Griffin Forbes, civil rights columnist for the Washington DC Examiner, takes on the H … more →

Tags: poverty, Income Inequality, american dream, poverty in america, upward mobility, Mercedes Diane Griffin Forbes, recession impacts on middle class

DC Poverty Rate Hits 19.2 Percent — 11 comments

Kathryn Baer wrote 1 year ago: A couple of weeks ago, the Census Bureau released the results of its 2010 Current Population Survey. … more →

Tags: Reports, poverty, District of Columbia, washington dc, DC, Poverty Rate, Child Poverty, black poverty rate, Hispanic poverty rate

Census Bureau Reports Record Number Of Poor Americans — 4 comments

Kathryn Baer wrote 1 year ago: The Census Bureau opened its press briefing on the just-released 2010 income, poverty and health ins … more →

Tags: Reports, poverty, Poverty Rate, Child Poverty, number of poor people, census bureau report, census 2010, number of people in poverty, number of poor Americans

Workers Wanted, But Only If Working

Kathryn Baer wrote 1 year ago: Young job seekers often complain about a catch-22. Employers want to see work experience on the resu … more →

Tags: Employment, National Employment Law Project, NELP, jobless workers, Unemployed Workers, "Unemployment" Discrimination, discrimination against unemployed, Fair Employment Opportunity Act

New Study Finds Labor Market Discrimination Against Black Men — 1 comment

Kathryn Baer wrote 2 years ago: Much attention of late has been paid to the economic situation of black Americans — men especi … more →

Tags: Employment, Reports, Black Male Unemployment, black-white wage gap, Economic Policy Institute, Employment Discrimination, Epi, labor market discrimination, occupational segregation

No DC Child Left Behind So Long As White And Not Poor — 2 comments

Kathryn Baer wrote 2 years ago: The National Assessment of Educational Progress released the results of its 2009 math and reading te … more →

Tags: Reports, Education & Training, District of Columbia, DC, Public Schools, Scores, National Assessment of Educational Progress, NAEP, Black Students

Recession Widens Education-Linked Race Gaps In DC

Kathryn Baer wrote 2 years ago: A new report by the DC Fiscal Policy Institute confirms with a vengeance trends it has previously re … more →

Tags: Reports, Employment, Education & Training, District of Columbia, DC Fiscal Policy Institute, DC, DCFPI, Race Gaps, racial gaps

New Census Figures Show DC Poverty Rate Rose Again Last Year — 2 comments

Kathryn Baer wrote 2 years ago: As you may have read, the figures the Census Bureau released two weeks ago showed that the poverty r … more →

Tags: poverty, Education & Training, District of Columbia, washington dc, DC, Census, Poverty Rate, Child Poverty, american community survey

Would A New Mass Movement Turn Around The Black Male Crisis?

Kathryn Baer wrote 2 years ago: New York Times columnist Bob Herbert pulls together diverse facts and figures to show that “a … more →

Tags: Advocacy, anti-poverty programs, Black Men, Black Boys, Black Males, bob herbert, Racial Discrimination, Race Discrimination, black unemployment

Rethinking No Child Left Behind

Kathryn Baer wrote 3 years ago: Eight years ago, the Bush administration and Congress set out to revolutionize public elementary and … more →

Tags: Education & Training, reauthorization, Scores, No Child Left Behind, Public Education, Tests, Testing, Broader Bolder Approach, achievement gaps

New Report Warns of Growing Race Gap In Employment

Kathryn Baer wrote 3 years ago: The Economic Policy Institute has issued what it rightly calls “grim 2010 projections” f … more →

Tags: Employment, District of Columbia, washington dc, DC, Jobs, Blacks, Unemployment, Economic Policy Institute, Minorities

DC Public School Test Scores Better, But Still Dismal For Disadvantaged Kids — 3 comments

Kathryn Baer wrote 3 years ago: New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof calls education reform “the central front in the war … more →

Tags: Education & Training, District of Columbia, washington dc, DC, poverty, schools, Public Schools, Scores, National Assessment of Educational Progress

New Census Poverty Figures Show Little Change — 1 comment

Kathryn Baer wrote 3 years ago: The Census Bureau has just released its 2008 figures on poverty. By and large, they show little chan … more →

Tags: Reports, poverty, District of Columbia, washington dc, DC, Blacks, Hispanics, Census, Poverty Rate

Low-Wage Workers Underpaid and Over-Exploited — 1 comment

Kathryn Baer wrote 3 years ago: Just in time for Labor Day come two new reports on deplorable conditions in our labor force. One rep … more →

Tags: Reports, Employment, Latinos, Latino, workers, low-wage, Hispanic, Hispanics, Immigrants

How Are Black Kids Faring In DC Public Schools? — 1 comment

Kathryn Baer wrote 3 years ago: As I was wrapping up my posting on the race gap in education, the U.S. Department of Education issue … more →

Tags: Reports, Education & Training, District of Columbia, washington dc, DC, black, Test scores, Public Schools, Scores


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