poverty

What Dead Presidents Can Do
by Saab Lofton

"The idea that we're just gonna keep incarcerating, keep incarcerating, pretty soon we're not going to have a young African-American male population in America. They're all going to be in prison, or dead. One of the two."
--John Edwards, 2008 Democratic presidential candidate

The Key To Good Health That No One Is Talking About: Money

By Brydie Ragan, YES! Magazine
AlterNet
July 25, 2007

Research now tells us that lower socio-economic status may be more harmful to health than risky personal habits...

I recently saw a billboard for an employment service that said, "If you think cigarette smoking is bad for your health, try a dead-end job." This warning may not just be an advertising quip: public health research now tells us that lower socio-economic status may be more harmful to health than risky personal habits, such as smoking or eating junk food.