single mothers

Advocates working on behalf of single mothers say the law, which ended government's obligation to provide minimum support to impoverished single heads of households, has exacerbated poverty.

That's putting it mildly....

Barrack Obama’s Father's Day speech was a breath of fresh air. The state of the black family is such a sensitive matter that only a Black person can raise the issue. People tiptoe around the issue when discussing urban policy or anti-poverty initiatives.

A conversation over at Eschaton yesterday prompted me to do a little research into Norway’s State Petroleum Fund.

Rachel points out another proposed Tennessee law which has massive implications for all:

They say we cannot hope that our Senate representation will change.

They say Tennessee is a blindly Republican state.

They say that no one will challenge the third-ranking Senate Republican, especially not here in Tennessee.

They say that we are stuck with representation that uses fear of immigrants to justify its policy agenda.

They say we have to continue the culture wars of the Boomer generation even if we are younger than boomers.

They say that if we are