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Truancy courts are hitting students with harsh penalties and collecting millions of dollars in fines. But are they addressing the real problems?
Romney says Obama "gutted" welfare reform by waiving work requirements. But what if there's no work to be found?
EHRP Writer C. Cryn Johanssen on the rise of student loan debt suicides.
Barbara Ehrenreich on How Government and Corporations Use the Poor as Piggy Banks.
America's overconsumption binge has left consumers with piles of unsettled bills. Meet the debt collectors going to scary lengths to collect.
The poor are just people without enough money. But a 'culture of poverty' gives the affluent a reason to blame them for it.
Obama's in the oval office but the black bourgeoisie is foundering, including the author...
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Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day, January 10, 2013, excerpted from “Criminalizing Poverty” by Bobbie Ibarra, Executive Director of the Miami Coalition for the Homeless From the early 1[...]
Jan 10 2013
Wince of the Week
Wince of the Week, January 6, 2013. The EHRP Team winced when we read this: For the first time ever, more than a million public school students in the United States are homeless. [...]
Jan 11 2013
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Listen to EHRP writer and journalist Steven Gray discuss his recent article with NPR radio host Michel Martin on “Tell Me More”. Gray talks about the struggles of the s[...]
Sep 17 2012
