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This week's news on the work-life conflict, care, the care crisis, the care economy and human well-being.

Friday, May 4, 2012

 

ARTICLES

This Week in Poverty: Will the Poor Get Poorer in the Land of Lincoln?

From: The Nation

By: Greg Kaufmann

"At an Appropriations hearing in the Illinois State House last week, the Department of Human Services (DHS) informed the legislature that it has insufficient funds to meet its Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) obligations through the fiscal year ending in June."

http://www.thenation.com/blog/167601/week-poverty-will-poor-get-poorer-land-lincoln

 

One Quarter of Millennials Can't Cover Cost Of Basic Needs: Survey

From: Huffington Post

By: Harry Bradford

"Can't afford basic needs? Odds are you're a millennial, according to a new survey."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/01/millennials-cost-basic-needs_n_1468938.html

 

The NYT's Ridiculous Motherhood Debate

From: Salon.com

By: Mary Elizabeth Williams

"The New York Times would like to know, what'll it be, ladies? Motherhood or feminism? I don't know, I think a better question might be: Are you freaking kidding me?"

http://www.salon.com/2012/05/01/the_nyts_ridiculous_motherhood_debate/

 

The Other America, 2012: Confronting the Poverty Epidemic

From: The Nation

By: Sasha Abramsky

"Clarksdale, Mississippi, might seem an unlikely starting point for a meditation on twenty-first-century American inequality. After all, the music the town's fame rests on is born of the sorrow and racial exploitations of another century. Clarksdale proudly markets itself as the home of the blues: the world's best blues musicians still come to jam in the little Delta town where W.C. Handy once lived, where Bessie Smith died and where Robert Johnson supposedly made his infamous pact with the devil at a crossroads on the edge of town."

http://www.thenation.com/article/167564/other-america-2012-confronting-poverty-epidemic

 

Poor Economy Tied To Rise in Domestic Violence, Survey Finds

From: Huffington Post

By: Huffington Post Staff

"A new survey by the nonprofit Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) has found that police departments across the country are encountering more instances of domestic violence related to the poor economy, USA Today reports."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/01/domestic-violence-economy-study-police_n_1467805.html

 

RADIO

The Politics of the Domestic Violence Bill

From: The Diane Rehm Show

By: Diane Rehm

"The Senate votes to extend the landmark domestic violence bill. But as it heads to the House, the additional provisions could fall victim to politics in an election year."

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-04-30/politics-domestic-violence-bill

 

Workers Turned Caregivers Lose More then Wages

From: NPR's Morning Edition

By: NPR's Staff

"The average caregiver is 49 years old. Cheryl Matheis, senior vice president for policy at AARP, tells Steve Inskeep when a worker has to leave their job to care for a relative, they lose on average $325,000 in lifetime income - from lost wages, Social Security and pensions."

http://www.npr.org/2012/05/01/151745673/caring-for-sick-or-elderly-is-tough-on-the-wallet

 

Coming Of Age in An Ever-Recovering Economy

From: NPR's All Things Considered

By: Audie Cornish

"Students of all backgrounds are coming of age in an era when the economy is always described as "recovering" - never "recovered". So with graduation coming up, how are college students are feeling about their prospects? Audie Cornish visited the University of Maryland to find out."

http://www.npr.org/2012/05/02/151877340/coming-of-age-in-an-ever-recovering-economy

 

BLOGS

Not Wanting Jobs

From: Economix, a blog from The New York Times

By: Nancy Folbre

"Too many Americans - and their leaders - seem relatively unconcerned with high levels of unemployment, an economist writes."

http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/30/not-wanting-jobs/?ref=business

 

Taxes and Employment

From: Economix, a blog from The New York Times

By: Bruce Bartlett

"Republicans can talk all they want about how tax cuts would create jobs, but there's no evidence to support that, an economist writes."

http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/01/taxes-and-employment/?ref=business

 

 

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