As I’ve mentioned before, I was born in Lexington, Kentucky, the day before Robert Kennedy arrived there to begin his tour of Appalachia. I don’t know that it explains why, over the course of my life, I’ve been so drawn to Kennedy, but it’s an odd coincidence, I think, and I find it hard to […]
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The subject of poverty finally makes its way into the presidential campaign
Posted in Mark's Life, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Appalachia, assassination, Baptists, Bruce D. Meyer, budget cuts, Bush tax cuts, Christian, Christianity, Conference of Catholic Bishops, entitlements, faith based initiative, homelessness, hunger in America, James X. Sullivan, Jesus, John Edwards, Kairos Prison Ministry International, Kentucky, Lexington, Martin Luther King, Matthew Yglesias, MLK, National Association of Evangelicals, Obama, poverty, poverty tour, Presidential politics, RFK, Robert Kennedy, Romney, social safety net, tax the rich, The Circle of Protection, wealth inequality, welfare 14 Comments
More Americans going hungry
According to a new report released today, 49 million Americans lack adequate access to healthy food. Here’s a clip from the article in the Washington Post: The number of Americans who lack dependable access to adequate food shot up last year to 49 million, the largest number since the government has been keeping track, according […]
Posted in Food Also tagged donations, food access, food bank, food security, healthy food access, Household Food Security in the United States 2008 15 Comments