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Maria Hinojosa PBS Special Looks at the Changing Face of America
CLARKSTON, Ga. – The face of America is changing, with more people of color throughout the country, and more refugees and recent immigrants living in rural communities than many might expect. In the...
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Thousands Dial up Florida New Majority’s Medicare Telephone Town Hall
MIAMI – Thousands of South Florida senior citizens dialed in Oct. 4 for a telephone town hall discussion about Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security – an indication of how high concern is about those...
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Kentucky Report Urges More State Support for Community College Students
Need-based financial aid, student support, and developmental education strategies are vital to strengthening Kentucky’s workforce and its economy With Kentucky working to increase college graduation...
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Arizona Activists Call for Election Reform
Phoenix-area civic organizations, dismayed by voter misinformation, confusion at the polls, and delays counting ballots, have proposed a series of next-steps for election reform in Arizona. The...
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A Decade Later, Still Room to Improve Louisiana’s Juvenile Detention Centers
Members of Young Adults Striving for Success (YASS) presented “The State of Juvenile Justice Reform in Louisiana: 10 Years After Act 1225” last week to members of the Juvenile Justice Reform Act...
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Tennessee Governor Turns Down Health Insurance Exchange
After two years of studying options and more than $9 million in taxpayer funds, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam announced this week that his administration won’t pursue a state-based health insurance...
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Investments in Education, Health Care Can Bridge Gap Between Rich and Poor
Alabama has one of the nation’s biggest shares of working families who make below 200 percent of the federal poverty level, according to a report released this week by the Working Poor Families Project...
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Southern Movement Alliance Members to Rally, Raise Voices of Hope on Martin...
It will be another important step in elevating community voices from across the South – and on an important day. More than 15 community organizations in nine states will mark Martin Luther King Jr.’s...
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At National Poverty Forum, Southern Echo Youth Member Urges Panelists to...
The panelists who gathered in Washington, D.C. to discuss poverty included many well-known figures: Prof. Cornel West, former presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, economist Jeffrey Sachs and U.S. Rep....
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Atlanta City Council Passes Jobs Legislation to Help Low-Income Residents
The Atlanta City Council strengthened its commitment to jobs for low-income residents on Monday by approving a hiring and training ordinance. Residents and community groups had called on the City...
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Kentucky Veterans Would Get Health Insurance With Medicaid Expansion
Nearly 11,000 Kentucky veterans without health insurance and thousands of their family members could gain coverage if the state moves forward with the Medicaid expansion currently under consideration,...
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Joyce Parker Honored as a “Champion of Change” at the White House
Joyce Parker, director of Citizens for a Better Greenville, was honored at the White House on Tuesday for her deep dedication to improving education among African Americans, especially her efforts to...
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Rev. Margarita Romo of Florida Receives Honor for Helping Farmworkers
The Rev. Margarita Romo, who has spent decades helping community members, migrant farmworkers and immigrants in Florida, is being honored with induction into the state’s Civil Rights Hall of Fame. Rev....
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Uninsured Workers Throughout Kentucky Could Gain Health Care with Medicaid...
Medicaid expansion in Kentucky would provide health coverage to more than 146,000 uninsured workers across the Kentucky, according to a new report by the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy using data...
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Higher Education Tuition in Alabama Jumps 50 Percent
Cuts to Alabama’s higher education are making it harder for low- and middle-income students to earn their degrees and those reductions are jeopardizing the state’s economic competitiveness, Arise...
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Tennessee Activists Call for End to Negative Racial Stereotypes
Statewide Organizing for Community eMpowerment (SOCM), a Tennessee organization that has worked for four decades to improve social, economic and environmental conditions in the state, is launching a...
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CIW’s Fair Food Program Honored at White House
At the first White House Forum to Combat Human Trafficking, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) was honored, along with other nonprofit organizations, for their work in fighting human...
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Alabama Conference on Race Asks: How Can You Help?
“Raising the Curtain on Race,” a conference about the country’s past and present and with an emphasis on Alabama history, ended with a challenge to meeting participants: “What are you going to do...
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School Workers March to Support Unemployment Benefits
The battle for unemployment benefits for contract school workers spilled into Atlanta streets Saturday, as about 250 people called for full disbursement of denied money from the Georgia state...
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E. Kentucky Group: Diverse Economy can Replace Coal
A more broad-based economy in Eastern Kentucky and Central Appalachia is needed following news that coal production in the eastern portion of the state has dropped to its lowest level since 1965 and...
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