How Suffering Rural Farmers May Determine 2020 Election “One of the lesser known battleground states is Wisconsin, a midwestern diverse state who went to Trump in the 2016 election disaster for Hillary Clinton by less than 20,000 votes. Many pollsters have numerous predictions as to why? But, those who are close to Wisconsin politics know […]
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Pandemic Trouble For College Towns
College Towns That Are Most Vulnerable During the Pandemic Though efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus across the U.S. have squeezed many local economies and the bank accounts of their residents, college towns are among the most vulnerable. They are confronting potentially major losses in population and revenue if students do not return […]
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Populations Shrinking
Midwestern cities continue to lose population. Two of the fastest-shrinking are in Illinois Two Illinois cities, Rockford and Decatur, are among the fastest-shrinking cities in the country, according to U.S. Census Bureau population estimates, part of an ongoing trend of Midwestern cities losing residents while cities across the Southwest and West continue to grow. Decatur, […]
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Undocumented Valuable To Central Valley
California’s undocumented food workers face grim dilemma: health or wages “People are scared to go to the doctor. They’re scared to go to the clinic,” said the executive director of a farmworker nonprofit group Xiomara Valderrama usually spends her days picking grapes in California’s Central Valley, where one-quarter of the U.S. food supply is produced. […]
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Social Security Dollars Stretched
10 Places Where Social Security Offers the Best Standard of Living Some 21% of couples collecting Social Security benefits and about 45% of those who are unmarried rely on their Social Security checks for 90% or more of their income, says the Social Security Administration. Retirees and pre-retirees who plan to live on such limited […]
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JIM CROW
JIM CROW EMBRACED UNTOUCHABLES It is hard to know what effect his exposure to the American social order had on him personally. But over the years, he paid close attention, as did many Dalits, to the subordinate caste in the US. Indians had long been aware of the plight of enslaved Africans, and of their […]
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Untouchables Of America Pt 2
America’s ‘Untouchables’: Our Caste System “Part II continues the discussion of a system of hierarchy embedded in our economy, education and political system that has progressed since the revolutionary days. Our proposed freedom came over 155 years ago but this freedom is fleeting and obscured with daily reminders from a controlled audience who prey upon […]
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Affordable Cities
35 Cities Where You Can Afford To Live on Less Than $50,000 If you’re struggling to make ends meet, it might have something to do with where you live. It can be tough to stretch even a big paycheck far enough to pay for necessities and have money left over for savings — and a […]
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Untouchables Of America
America’s ‘Untouchables’: Our Caste System Pt 1 “MLK always felt a part of America but was confronted with eye opening conclusions in that he finally understood his place in this country’s system of classes. This system exists even today after his life was taken fighting for his people to move away from the Untouchables.” In […]
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Financial Changes During Coronavirus
5 Financial Changes Americans Made Due to Coronavirus The dramatic and lasting impact of the coronavirus has provided an urgent wake-up call for Americans when it comes to their finances. We are more comfortable discussing financial matters today than we were at the start of the year, and have been making substantial changes to our […]