THURSDAY | FEBRUARY 23, 2012
Paper Pinwheels a Symbol of Hope in Kentucky
By Amy Hogg/Kentuckians for the
he Commonwealth It turns out that paper pinwheels – even on a rainy day – are a great idea. As they do each Valentine’s Day, members of Kentuckians For The Commonwealth rallied and marched on their state capital to call for an end to mountaintop removal and a just economic transition [...]
Wage War: Employers Stealing Millions from US Workers
Kathy Mulady | Equal Voice News
February 8, 2012
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MIAMI – Workers nationwide are losing millions of dollars each week to wage theft as their employers, some unscrupulous, others scrambling to keep their businesses afloat, fail to pay the mandated minimum wage or overtime wages, or, in some cases, don’t pay their employees at all. Wage theft is [...]
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Florida Senate Denies In-State Tuition for US Citizens
MIAMI – The Florida Senate Committee on Higher
February 1, 2012
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Higher Education voted Tuesday afternoon against passing SB 1018, a bill that would guarantee in-state tuition eligibility for U.S. born citizens and legal permanent residents regardless of the immigration status of their parents. Because of a flaw in the existing law, when students who are still financially dependent [...]
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Millions of Families Three Months Away from Poverty
Susannah Nesmith | Special to Equal Voice News
February 1, 2012
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MIAMI ‒ When it’s time for bed, 10-year-old Miguel Abreu retrieves a deflated air mattress wedged between a bookcase and the wall in his aunt’s tiny apartment in Florida City, south of Miami. He quietly unfolds it in the middle of the dining/living room and hooks up [...]
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Emboldened GOP Wants to Abolish State Income Taxes
Sean Murphy | Associated Press
January 31, 2012
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A year after Republicans swept into office across the country, many have trained their sights on what has long been a fiscal conservative’s dream: the steep reduction or even outright elimination of state income taxes. The idea has circulated among academics and think-tank researchers for years. [...]
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Alabama’s Scott Douglas Inspires on Colbert Report
Kathy Mulady | Equal Voice News
January 18, 2012
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Quoting Martin Luther King and deftly comparing the injustice of anti-immigrant legislation to the civil rights movement of the 1960s, Scott Douglas, executive director of Greater Birmingham Ministries, rocked the Colbert Report during his national television debut on Monday. Applause filled the studio as Douglas, one of the leaders [...]
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Birmingham’s Scott Douglas Debuts on Colbert Report
Kathy Mulady | Equal Voice News
January 16, 2012
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Scott Douglas, executive director of Greater Birmingham Ministries, will be a guest on The Colbert Report on Monday, the Martin Luther King holiday, talking about the harsh Alabama anti-immigration law in context of the civil rights movement. Douglas has been one of the leaders in the fight to repeal [...]
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Ala. Family Lives Amid Rubble From April Tornado
Jay Reese | Associated Press
January 10, 2012
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Geraldine Horton steps out of her apartment into a broken world that looks much as it did the day after a killer tornado plowed through town last spring. Buildings are sliced in two across the street from her home and next door; broken bricks litter her [...]
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Report: Half of Schools Fail Federal Standards
Dorie Turner | AP Education ATLANTA (AP) —
December 15, 2011
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ATLANTA (AP) — Nearly half of America’s public schools didn’t meet federal achievement standards this year, marking the largest failure rate since the much-criticized No Child Left Behind Law took effect a decade ago, according to a national report released Thursday. The Center on Education Policy report shows more than [...]
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Fewer Children in US Lack Health Insurance
Kelli Kennedy | Associated Press
December 9, 2011
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MIAMI (AP) — Even with more children living in poverty because of the rough economy, the number of children without health insurance in the U.S. has dropped by 1 million in the past three years, according to a report released Tuesday by Georgetown University. Many states have expanded eligibility for, [...]
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