Economy Archive
The opening lyrics of the Arthur Herzog, Jr. song “God Bless the Child” made famous by Billie Holiday sums up today’s economy all too well: “Them that’s got shall get/Them that’s not shall lose.” That sums up the findings of …
If, as we often say, children are our future, you would think we pursue policies to ensure that more of the nation’s children develop into healthy and productive citizens. Wait, you say, that is not the job of the federal …
Congressional Social Work Caucus Chair Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA13) recently threw her support behind the efforts of the producers of a film titled “A Place At The Table” which documents the struggle of millions of Americans to adequately feed themselves …
I started writing this post by raising the question whether Congress was failing the American people. But I realized at most it would be a rhetorical question. With an 83 percent disapproval rating in the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC poll, …
Financial and economic problems continue to plague America making it easy to forget that Europe is also in a financial free fall. Unemployment in the Eurozone has hit a record high of 12.2%,a total of 26.5 million people.
The U.S Department of Education announced recently that modifications will be made to the 2014-15 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA Form) to broaden the information collected on parents. According to the Department of Education’s announcement: The 2014-2015 Free Application for …
Debra Beattie Writers: “Suffolk County, NY projects that it will be 530 million over budget over the next three years. Executive Steve Bellone has declared a fiscal emergency and has cut every department’s funding by ten percent. While the new …
In the light of Congress’ failure to keep student loan rates from doubling, SJS wanted to remind everyone to support the Student Loan Fairness Act which would solve the current problem by default. The Act currently sits before Education & Workforce …
Thought we were over the equal marriage topic now that we need to wait until June to see what the supreme court decided? NOPE! Think Progress has an interesting article which they recently published on how getting rid of the Defense …
As more people defaulted with their students loans in the first three months of 2013, many are wondering when this bubble will pop. The student loan crisis can be compared to the mortgage and housing crisis just a few years …
