People-first economics
“It’s time to build our economy from the bottom up and from the middle up, not the top-down.”—President Joe Biden...
Dr. Clarence Hightower is a visionary leader with more than 37 years of nonprofit
experience in the Twin Cities. He is the current executive director of the Community Action
Partnership of Hennepin County, one of the largest anti-poverty organizations in the area and the state’s largest Energy Assistance program. He welcomes reader responses to chightower@caphennepin.org.
“It’s time to build our economy from the bottom up and from the middle up, not the top-down.”—President Joe Biden...
While jobs numbers are expected to improve as a result of government aid programs, there are still a considerable number...
The Child Tax Credit is the second most-widely claimed individual tax break, following the deduction for charitable contributions.
We continue to struggle with an economic recession, increasing COVID-19 infection rates, and related disruptions to daily life.
Many of the available protections and assistance provided by the CARES Act have either expired already or are set to...
While communities debate defunding initiatives, people wonder what would replace police officers.
Homelessness is a tragedy in and of itself. Locally, the issue has been covered in the news a lot as...
As I recently reflected on some of the topics this column covered in the past year, I was immediately reminded...
Those living in poverty generally pay more in state and local taxes, contribute a much higher percentage of their annual...
Among the steps performed during this process are: safety and efficiency tests on heating systems and the hot water heater;...
Recently, there have been waves of gentrification in cities such as San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, Atlanta, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C....
Here in Minnesota, the data suggest housing costs are continuing to rise unabated, which again disproportionately affect communities of color.
Americans continue to view people living in poverty with either pity or scorn.
In most American cities throughout the 20th century, people of color, African Americans in particular, were relegated to separate and...
In spite of the fact that being poor is not a crime, America tends to treat people in poverty as...
Beginning in the 1990s, the adopted a set of criminal justice strategies that punish poor people for their poverty.
In essence, the concept of the “iron cage” is that people are forced and confined to their social condition based...
Poverty is the biggest killer on the planet, hands down.
Students surviving in college on ramen noodles and pizza is hardly new. What is new is that universities are no...
As we reflect on the passing of another year and anticipate the unfolding of the new one, I want to...
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