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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Poverty in the US – CRAIN’S COMMENTS

The US is one of the wealthiest countries on the planet, but many Americans don’t share in the benefits of that wealth.

Date from the Census Bureau program, the 2023 American Community Survey confirms this.

  • More than 15% of children live in poverty in the North Central, Southern and Southwestern regions of the US. The percentage in poverty exceeds 20% in West Virginia, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico.
  • More than 15% of working age adults live in poverty in West Virginia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Louisiana, Oklahoma and New Mexico.
  • More than 15% of seniors (age 65 and older) live in poverty in Mississippi.(1)

Lower incomes tend to correlate with less educational resources, less access to healthcare and shorter life expectations.

The map below is from the CDC archive. If you compare this map to those above, how the patterns match should be obvious.(2)

The map below shows infant mortality rates by state in the US.(3)

To be blunt, if you look in Zillow, you can find a home (4 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2700 sq. ft.) in Shrewsbury, West Virginia, for $249,000, and it may not sell at that price. A comparable house in Jackson, Mississippi is $279,000. A comparable house in New Jersey lists for $515,000. There’s a reason. Quality of life matters.

Source: Poverty in the US – CRAIN’S COMMENTS

No Knead Pumpkin Bread Recipe

This Pumpkin Bread recipe is as easy as it gets! It is a delicious and moist bread that you mix with a spatula or whisk. This bread tastes more like a dessert than a bread and it is the perfect bread for the holidays too.

To see my step by step directions with pictures and a printable recipe card click HERE.

http://www.InDianesKitchen.com

Source: No Knead Pumpkin Bread Recipe

How Kamala Harris campaign is engaging with Taylor Swift fans

Irene Kim Irene Kim in Swifties for Kamala merchIrene Kim – Irene Kim says Swifties can help win Kamala Harris the vote

…With more than 3,500 volunteers, the Swifties for Kamala would seem like an experienced political operation. The group has even raised over $165,000 (£126,000) for the campaign since they began tracking donations from 1 August.

But Ms Kim, who says she has never participated in political campaigning like this before, thinks everyone came together in a really “natural” way. They’re using the skills she says they’ve developed – from strategising how to buy tickets for the sold-out Eras tour and auctioning off merchandise like signed Taylor Swift records – to try and swing an election…

Source: How Kamala Harris campaign is engaging with Taylor Swift fans

 

La mexicana Lupita Infante expresa el amor por su abuelo en un álbum – Los Angeles Times

Lupita Infante canta en la ceremonia de los Latin American Music Awards

ARCHIVO – Lupita Infante canta en la ceremonia de los Latin American Music Awards el 17 de octubre de 2019 en Los Ángeles. Infante lanzó su EP “Puras de Mi Abuelo, Vol. 1” con canciones interpretadas por su abuelo el actor y cantante Pedro Infante.
(Chris Pizzello / Chris Pizzello/invision/ap)

Source: La mexicana Lupita Infante expresa el amor por su abuelo en un álbum – Los Angeles Times

‘It just exploded’: Woman who sparked Trump’s migrant pet-eating hoax comes forward – Raw Story

According to the report, Erika Lee, a resident of Springfield, posted to Facebook commenting on a neighbor’s cat who had gone missing — and mentioned that the neighbor had been suspicious the cat might have been attacked by Haitians who lived in the neighborhood.

There was no evidence to support the claim. Moreover, cats often go missing for various reasons, especially those allowed to wander outside.

 

Lee, for her part, feels terrible that her post exploded into a xenophobic panic against the Haitian community, and for the confusion and fear the post caused.

“It just exploded into something I didn’t mean to happen,” she told NBC News.

Trump, meanwhile, has not offered any apology or retraction for his claims about the Haitian migrants in Springfield, who are in the United States legally and filling vital jobs in a Midwest factory town that for years had been in decline.

Source: ‘It just exploded’: Woman who sparked Trump’s migrant pet-eating hoax comes forward – Raw Story

Kamala Harris talks assault-weapons ban and tax relief in Pennsylvania stop | US elections 2024 | The Guardian

…She also reiterated that she and Walz are gun owners and believe that they can respect the second amendment while pushing for and implementing long-asked-for policies like a ban on so-called assault weapons and universal background checks on gun purchases. “We are not taking anybody’s guns away,” she said.

“I feel very strongly that it’s consistent with the second amendment to say we need an assault weapons ban. They’re literally tools of war they were literally designed to kill a lot of people quickly.”

Harris also promoted her economic plan, which she says is heavily based on her middle class upbringing. “We have ambitions and aspirations, but not everyone necessarily has access to the resources that help them fuel the aspirations and ambitions,” she said. Harris says that if elected, she will expand the child tax credit and offer parents $6,000 for the first year of their child’s life, raise the tax break for small businesses from $5,000 to $50,000 and give first-time homebuyers $25,000 in assistance.

Source: Kamala Harris talks assault-weapons ban and tax relief in Pennsylvania stop | US elections 2024 | The Guardian