As in any other playoff, candidate rhetoric let loose during the U.S. presidential race can be tough. We’ve held a front row seat to the 2012 showdown for over a year, with tensions still rising as the general election looms nearer. Some of the barbs launched along the campaign trail have been laughable: Newt Gingrich’s television ad incriminating Mitt Romney for his ability to speak French comes to mind. Others are not. The dialogue surrounding U.S. poverty and inequality, two issues that are hotter than ever during a deep recession that the nation has shown incapable of simply shaking off [...]
Stimulus
Stimulus funds used for Pennsylvania city’s needy
Harrisburg is using its $1.4 million in federal stimulus funds for its Community Development Block Grant Program and homelessness prevention. How the money will be spent to prevent homelessness is unclear, but the block grant money may be used to renovate vacant homes to be sold to low- and moderate-income buyers. Some of it... »