…primarily in the urban formal sector received little public assistance beyond universal subsidies for some food or fuel purchases. Since the 1990s, the introduction of non-contributory social insurance programs (including…
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…continue to struggle: Egypt’s flailing economy prompted a devastating food and fuel shortage, followed by a military coup and massive violence against opposition protesters; Tunisia has seen a rise in…
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…“What we do need is someone to tell us what it means. In other words, journalism must move up the information food chain.” Fink and Schudson argue that the verdict…
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…the country. Severely cost-burdened low-income families spend about two-thirds as much on food, half as much on clothing, one-fifth as much on health care, and half as much on pensions…
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…an average day, 20% of men did housework — such as cleaning or doing laundry — compared with 48% of women. Thirty-nine percent of men did food preparation or cleanup,…
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…has increased pressure on single parents as well as couples with children. While 9% of married families are now living below the poverty line and receiving food stamps, single mothers…
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…delayed. Agencies from the Food and Drug Administration to the Environmental Protection Agency had to cancel health and safety inspections, while the National Transportation Safety Board was unable to investigate…
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…spend precious working hours in school, refugee children have limited, if any, access to education. These constraints deprive children of sufficient food, education, health care, and play, and in doing…
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…2007 to 21.8% in 2012.” At the same time, official poverty rates don’t capture the effect of government support such as food stamps (now called SNAP, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…
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…wages just in terms of food and housing, let alone healthcare, education, and transportation. And if someone got sick, it all collapsed. So I get frustrated by these debates. JR:…
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