By Mark Rank
“Yet it turns out that the vast majority of Americans will experience at least one year below the poverty line,” Rank said. “Poverty touches all races, all regions of the country and all age groups. Very few of us are immune from the reach of poverty at some point. This understanding can shift our perceptions of the poor. In a sense, ‘We have met the enemy, and they are us.’”
Informed by the latest research on poverty, “Poorly Understood” co-authored by Lawrence Eppard of Shippensburg University and Heather Bullock of the University of California at Santa Cruz not only challenges the myths of poverty and inequality, but explains why these myths continue to exist. It provides a blueprint for how the nation can move forward to effectively alleviate American poverty.
New Black business owner is doing what she can to survive the pandemic
Starting a business any time can be hard but imagine doing it during a pandemic. Well like many others, one woman did and she s taking her business on wheels. De Quioa Freeman says she wanted to be one of the Black businesses who survives COVID-19.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn (WTVF) â Starting a business any time can be hard but imagine doing it during a pandemic.
De Quioa Freeman says she wanted to be one of the Black businesses who survives COVID-19.
While many business owners are wondering how to keep the lights on, Freeman was researching her next plan.
February 11, 2021
Photo Cheryl Schultz
Researchers created the “Western Monarch Mystery Challenge” to help inform conservation efforts for the plummeting western monarch population.
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. Migratory western monarch has declined by more than 99% since the 1980’s. The Xerces Society, an international invertebrate conservation nonprofit, reported that the total number counted in 2020 was down to 1,914, a drop by more than 90% from the prior year a count already below the threshold at which scientists warned the migration may collapse.
To help scientists gain insight into migratory monarchs this spring, researchers are inviting the community to participate in the Western Monarch Mystery Challenge. The challenge was started by a group of researchers from Washington State University, Tufts University, University of California at Santa Cruz and the Xerces Society to help fill a critical gap in knowledge about habitat needs of migrating monarchs in the spring. Runnin
This Black-owned, all-female business is beating the odds and thriving during the pandemic
Worthy Cakes, run by mother-daughter trio, relocated at risky time last year
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WINTER GARDEN, Fla. – Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, small businesses have struggled to make ends meet particularly Black-owned businesses – but that’s not the case for the women who own Worthy Cakes, a bakery and supplies store in Winter Garden.
According to research from the University of California at Santa Cruz, 17% of white-owned businesses had already closed their doors for good by mid-April of last year, just weeks after the pandemic began.