Households on Food Stamps Outnumber all Households in Northeast U.S
A record 23,116,928 American households were enrolled in the federal government’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)—AKA food stamps—during the month of June
New Jersey Poverty Reaches 52-Year High
Poverty in New Jersey continued to grow even as the national recession lifted, reaching a 52-year high in 2011, according to a report released today
“Show Us More Shoes”
Since 1921, the Show Us Your Shoes Parade has been an opportunity for Miss America contestants to display their creative side to the public by decorating their shoes to match their unique personalities
“Show Us Your Shoes”
The Miss America Parade is returning to Atlantic City with the Miss America Pageant – which is great. They re-named the parade “The Show Us Your Shoes Parade”
America’s Suburban Poverty
Poverty is often associated with inner city ghettos, fenced-off projects, or neighborhoods ridden with vice and crime. But the fastest growing poor population actually resides in the land of minivans, picket fences, and big box stores: suburbia
The Third World Comes to New Jersey (VIDEO)
Residing off Route 38 at Wilson Boulevard under an overpass, through woods and down a path of trash lays a community of people living in tents
DOMA - Proud of Pride
Atlantic City columnist Geoff Rosenberger shares his thoughts on the Supreme Court’s decision on DOMA and the Pride Movement as a whole
Atlantic City’s Newest, Biggest Casino Files for Bankruptcy
Revel, the casino many people had hoped would turn around Atlantic City’s sagging fortunes, said Tuesday that it will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in March, less than a year after it opened
Hurricane Sandy’s Rabbit Hole
Many of us feel Congress is legislating how we should live, instead of empowering and guaranteeing our ability to live
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