economic justice
September 16, 2011 -
The U.S. Census Bureau released its latest poverty figures this week, and they show that poverty is worsening nationwide -- but especially in the South. The official U.S. poverty rate in 2010 was 15.1 percent, up from 14.3 percent in 2009. That marks the third consecutive annual increase in the national poverty rate, evidence of the persistently weak U.S. economy.
April 11, 2006 -
Good news from Little Rock. Gov. Mike Huckabee signed legislation raising the state minimum wage to $6.25 per hour effective October 1st.
