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
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
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/
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
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."
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