A blog companion to the book by Susan Campbell
As if this country didn’t already have an affordable housing crisis, a new report says: U.S. homes are less affordable now than they were before the general election, driven higher by mortgage interest rates up roughly 50-basis points since Nov. 8, according to a new report from Black Knight Financial Services. You can read more …
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A new study from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine says that immigrants are not taking our jobs. The report also addresses whether immigrants burden government budgets, but that’s another story. (By the way? That links takes you to a page where you can download it for free, as I did. I thought I …
You can read it here. From the Baltimore Sun: The police department “routinely” violated civil rights.
This New York Times article says that retailers like H&M and Walmart haven’t lived up to their promises to treat fairly workers overseas. Several reports from the Asia Floor Wage Alliance says the retailers are falling far, far short. Check out this latest report. Puts a whole new meaning to the phrase “clean clothes,” yes?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released a stunning report that says that since 1999, suicide in the U.S. has increased by 24 percent. Particularly hard hit are girls between the ages of 10 and 14. Who thinks of girls that young having suicidal thoughts? But there’s at least a partial explanation, and I wrote …
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If we’re serious about preparing for the future, a new Economic Policy Institute’s report includes some ways to make the future better for today’s children (and tomorrow’s adults). Some smart moves include (but are not limited to): Expanding public funding for home visits by trained nurses to help expectant parents make healthy choices both before and after …
A new United Nations report says that it’s a myth that women are equal in the U.S. We aren’t. Far from it. From the report: US women do not take their rightful place as citizens of the world’s leading economy, which has one of the highest rates of per capita income. In the US, women fall …
Susannah sent this, a stark and eye-opening piece by Julia Sonenshein about what it can cost (financially) to report a rape, from time lost from work to perhaps having to find new housing. Jaysus. As the article said: It’s a wonder any one reports rape, consider how the system is stacked against the victim.
We already know how the Duggar family responds to sibling sexual abuse (basically, pretend it’s not that big a deal and carry on with the franchise), but here’s a really good article that lines out precisely what should happen. At Religion News Service, Boz Tchividjian writes about how critical it is to report the crime …
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Right here. Sadly — and I can’t find the clip online — someone asked a Ferguson resident for his reaction, and he said it was old news. People who live in Ferguson already know just how awful is their police department when it comes to profiling and worse.
Dating Jesus 