The Poverty Trap
By Joan DeMartin
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A Podcast for those who are fed up with the inequality baked into America's system and want to collectively make change.
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Inflation Pain
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May 12, 2026 |
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Reading Round-Up, April 2026:
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May 01, 2026 |
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Inequality In The Age Of Trump
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Apr 18, 2026 |
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Pockets Of Poverty...
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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Mortgage Foreclosures Are Increasing...
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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The Power Of Song
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Power Of The People
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. And Today's Political Climate...
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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U.S. Poverty In 2025...
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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The Poverty Trap's Most Popular Posts: 2025
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Social Safety Net Programs: Part II
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Social Safety Net Programs: Part I
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Nov 30, 2025 |
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The SNAP Benefit Saga Is Not Over...
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Food Assistance Or No Food Assistance?
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Chronic Illness Equals Chronic Debt...
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Oct 18, 2025 |
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The Legacy Of Two Icons, A Different Inequality, And Vaccine Hesitancy
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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The Presidential Speech We All Need To Hear...
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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Labor Day Reading: Workers And The Environment
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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"And Justice For All"...
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Now It's Middle-Income Americans Who Are Priced Out of The Home Ownership Market...
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Predatory Lenders Will Swoop In For The Kill...
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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I Was On Medicaid And Food Stamps...
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Jul 13, 2025 |
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As The "Big Beautiful Bill" Makes Its Way Through The Senate...
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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What We Are Losing And Why We Must Protest
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Graft Like Our Country Has Never Seen: Our Government Is Literally Taking From The Poor To Give To The Rich...
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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The Medicaid Debacle
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May 20, 2025 |
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Link Round-Up: The Short-Changed Working Class, Why Tariffs Are A Tax On The Poor, A Leg Up Through The Generations, And What We Must Do NOW To Fight!
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May 01, 2025 |
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The Lies That Sow Distrust In Government And Threaten Our Democracy:
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Thoughts On Poverty...
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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The Working Homeless...
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Mar 15, 2025 |
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Goodbye to February...Video Clip And Link Roundup:
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Mar 01, 2025 |
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The Death Of The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Feb 02, 2025 |
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A Fair Shot...
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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The Poverty Trap's Most Popular Posts: 2024
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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Is Scrooge Our New Role Model?
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Dec 29, 2024 |
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What Does An Informed Electorate Look Like?
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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The Incredible Shrinking Middle Class
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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The Strange Correlation Between Vaccination Rates and Political Parties...
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Ohio's Governor On Pet Eating...And The Demonizing of Immigrants
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Generational Wealth Has Always Been An Unacknowledged Form Of Affirmative Action...
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Is The U.S. Economy "Rigged" In Favor Of The Wealthy & Against The Poor & Middle Class?
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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Rents Are Still Rising, Corporate Landlords Are Getting Richer And Tenants Are Getting...Sicker?
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Red States Continue To Turn Down Federal Money, And Their Residents Suffer Because Of It.
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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A Holiday & Weekend Reading List...
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Are You An ALICE?
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Elite College Admissions May Be Based More On Wealth Than Brains...
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May 29, 2024 |
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President Biden And Poverty:
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May 16, 2024 |
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This Is What We Choose To Preserve...
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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A Robust Industrial Policy
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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A Few Weekend Readings: (Somewhat) Good Climate News, Dollar Stores Are Closing, and Medicaid Takes Your Home Post-Mortem
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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What You Need To Know About Your Mortgage Lender & Your Mortgage Servicer...
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Is The U.S. Economy "Rigged" In Favor Of The Wealthy & Against The Poor & Middle Class?
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Where Climate Change Meets Gentrification...
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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A Round-Up Of Positive News, Part II:
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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A Round-Up Of Positive News Part I: The Environment
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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Medical Debt Is Crushing Millions Of Americans, Part II
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Private Health Insurers Routinely Deny Potentially Life-Saving Treatments To Cut Costs
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Dec 02, 2023 |
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The Latest Trend: Live In Your Car, Parking Lot Provided.
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Higher Education Should Lead To More Than A Job
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Are First-Time Home Buyers Shut Out Of The Market?
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Oct 01, 2023 |
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Change Is A Comin'...
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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The Incredible Shrinking Middle Class
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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"Unity Is Strength"
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Inflation Is Going Down, Food Prices Continue To Rise —
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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Predatory Home Buyers
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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Are For-Profit Health Insurance Providers Denying You Federally Funded Health Care?
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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Pedestrian Deaths Are Soaring
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Jul 15, 2023 |
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Reflections On Why The Poor Stay Poor In America
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Jul 01, 2023 |
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Noise Pollution Affects Nearly Everyone
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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Does Remote Work Shift The Balance Of Power From Your Boss To You? Maybe.
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May 29, 2023 |
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It Can Be A Full Time Job To Get Your Unemployment Benefits
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May 12, 2023 |
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The Unemployment Compensation System Lets Too Many People Fall Through The Cracks...
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May 03, 2023 |
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Work Requirements For Food & Medicaid Benefits
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Apr 22, 2023 |
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Do Older Americans Have A Harder Time Getting A Mortgage?
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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The Cost of Borrowing Is Sky High
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Taxes and Poverty
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Condominium Deconversion
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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Ohio's Toxic Train Derailment
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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How Big Corporations Keep Us Poor...
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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White Collar Crime
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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Critical Thinking
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Jan 15, 2023 |
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Creating Increased "Fairness" In Our Economy
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Jan 08, 2023 |
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The Poetry of Divisive Concepts
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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The Cost of Prescription Drugs Is Over The Top...
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Medical Debt Is Crushing Millions of Americans
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Dec 03, 2022 |
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Urban Sprawl With Little Regulation
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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There's Still Time...
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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Are Secret Algorithms Responsible For Your Rent Hike?
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Nov 06, 2022 |
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Is A Small Western Town An Anomaly Or Prediction?
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Oct 22, 2022 |
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Grants For Artists And Others
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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Celebrating One Year of Crime and Punishment
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Sep 17, 2022 |
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Why Are The Number of Car Crashes Going Up?
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Aug 28, 2022 |
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The Civilian Climate Corps
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Aug 20, 2022 |
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Misclassification Of Employees Is Rampant
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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Renewable Energy Is Now
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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Inflation and The Rise in Poverty and Homelessness
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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It's Your Phone Number—Take It With You
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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Readings For America's Birthday
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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Rent-A-Bank Scheme Avoids State Usury Laws
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Jun 19, 2022 |
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The Marshall Plan: 75 Years Later
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Jun 04, 2022 |
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Are Money Worries Impacting Your Mental Health?
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May 28, 2022 |
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A Crash Course In Inflation
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May 14, 2022 |
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The History of Earth Day
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Apr 24, 2022 |
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Is It Possible To Break The Cycle of Poverty?
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Apr 17, 2022 |
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College Students Living In Their Cars
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Apr 03, 2022 |
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The Power Of Words
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Mar 26, 2022 |
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Accidental Injury and Death:
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Mar 19, 2022 |
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A Windfall Profits Tax
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Mar 12, 2022 |
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What Poverty Looks Like In America
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Mar 05, 2022 |
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How Americans Carry Their Debt
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Feb 26, 2022 |
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How Will Millions Of Americans Keep A Roof Over Their Heads?
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Feb 19, 2022 |
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Do Companies Have To Raise Their Prices?
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Feb 13, 2022 |
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Wealth Tax Versus Philanthropy
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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The Cruel Cycle of Poverty
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Jan 29, 2022 |
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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Sunday Evening Reads
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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The Power of Unions
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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Why Crime and Punishment...
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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Credit Scores:
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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Do We Need A Federal Usury Law?
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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The Real Welfare Queens
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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Deceit and Arrogance Dominate the Regulated Community of Polluters
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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Revisiting My First Post
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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Social "Warfare"
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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Sunday Evening Reads
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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Community Land Trusts
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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Sunday Evening Reads
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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Environmental Laws Matter
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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Putting Today's Issues In Historical Context
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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America's Budget Is A Moral Document
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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Sunday Evening Reads
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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Universal Basic Income
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Oct 22, 2021 |