Douzinas: For our future
When children living in poverty turn 4, they are already 18 months behind normal cognitive development. Odds are those children will never catch up. Coming this month is an opportunity to change those...
View ArticleRevised gov’t formula shows poverty at 49.1M
The ranks of America’s poor are greater than previously known, reaching a new level of 49.1 million — or 16 percent — due to rising medical costs and other expenses that make it harder for people to...
View ArticleCensus shows 1 in 2 people are poor or low-income
Squeezed by rising living costs, a record number of Americans — nearly 1 in 2 — have fallen into poverty or are scraping by on earnings that classify them as low income. The latest census data depict a...
View ArticlePachter: Poor on LI at $72,000 per year
By Paule T. Pachter In her December 2011 monthly economic report, Pearl Kamer, chief economist for the Long Island Association, addresses the issue of poverty on Long Island. According to newly...
View ArticleSlight increase in NYC-area suburban poverty
The New York Times says experts from Metropolitan Policy Program of the Brookings Institution analyzed census figures for the new report on American poverty.
View ArticleLevy: Startling U.S. statistical trends
Sometimes a single statistic can say 1,000 words.
View ArticleCantor: Academics, poverty and LI’s economy
Why do Long Island's poorest districts have the lowest core curriculum scores?
View ArticleQ&A: Gwen O’Shea, LI Health & Welfare Council
As leader of the Health & Welfare Council of Long Island, a health-care-provider umbrella organization, Gwen O’Shea is busy these days.
View ArticleAP survey: US income gap is holding back economy
Income inequality has steadily worsened in recent decades, according to government data and academic studies.
View ArticleNY millionaires write to governor in favor of higher taxes
More than 40 millionaires in New York have written to Cuomo and to consider raising taxes on the state's wealthiest
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