Blogs

Raul and Cuba: My Best Friend travels back to his birth...

by Gina

I met Raul when I was 13 in 1979. It was brief and we really didn't say much to each other, but over the years, after being in each other's company, we became very close. Which is funny because we a...

Topics: placetas, rations, vintage201, communism, poverty, cubano, cuba, 1970s, Union City, fidel castro, havana, west new york nj, Cuban American, 1960s, New Jersey, freedom

Christianity: Suffer Now, Reward Later

by vjack

Perhaps Rick Santorum was correct to remind us that Christianity is about suffering. After all, it has been one of the most effective means for the privileged to control the poor. By promising heaven ...

Topics: atheism, Christianity, oppression, poverty, religion

The New American Dream: Downsizing

by William Elliott Hazelgrove

It is the first thing off someones lips who is selling their home now. I'm downsizing. Used to be people whose kids had gone off to college would downsize, now everyone is doing it. Apologies to all t...

Topics: shortsale, depression, underwater, upside down mortgages, housing, foreclosure, poverty, suburbs, double dip recession, appraisals

A Christian Nation That Doesn't Help the Poor

by vjack

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Topics: Christianity, Jesus, politics, poverty, religion

The Bad Guys Are Winning

by William Elliott Hazelgrove

The bad guys are winning. You can see it in Chicago when you walk from the train and head east toward the lake and all along the way are people begging for money. They don't have teeth and are predomi...

Topics: medicaid, welfare, the poor, poverty, medicare, tea party, bad guys

Topic: poverty