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A bad idea just doesn’t make for sound public policy; uniformed, chaotic government doesn’t make wise choices; and it is self-destructive for people to allow ignorant and intolerant politicians to lead. For a moment try to forget about the tawdry sex scandals, suspected election subterfuge and signs of using the presidency of the United States […]

Posted on April 13th, 2018 by Rural Outlook
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Posted by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson Here’s another gem from Truthout, the last for a while. I’m not trying to make a socialist out of you.  I’m not even sure I’m a socialist, except that I believe in government of the people, by the people, and for the people.  But if these facts don’t make you […]

Posted on April 14th, 2010 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
Filed under: Economic Justice, Labor, Poverty in America, Social Justice | No Comments »

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By Al Cross A woman who established a rural health clinic in a fishing community on the Alabama coast, then rebuilt it twice after hurricanes, is President Obama’s nominee for surgeon general of the United States. Regina Benjamin (right) is founder and CEO of Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic. She won a “genius grant” from […]

Posted on July 14th, 2009 by Debby
Filed under: Government Agencies, Health Care, Obama, POTUS, Poverty in America, Rural Issues | 2 Comments »

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By Miryam Ehrlich Williamson UPDATES are in italics. Let’s hear it for Cynthia Davis, state representative from Missouri’s 19th District. She’s found a novel way to motivate low-income youngsters in her state: let them go hungry. Davis, who chairs the legislature’s Special Committee on Children and Families, is seriously bent out of shape over a […]

Posted on June 24th, 2009 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
Filed under: Childhood Hunger, Nutrition, Poverty in America | 7 Comments »

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by Debra Kozikowski A diet that includes lots of fresh, local produce is good for everyone. And if you grow your own, the rewards even include a little tranquility as you work your garden.  But what about poverty stricken city dwellers? What’s the gain for following the dream of taking a plot of inner city land and turning it into a community garden? […]

Posted on April 28th, 2009 by Debby
Filed under: Agriculture, Buy Local, Community Gardens, Nutrition, Poverty in America | 2 Comments »

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By Miryam Ehrlich Williamson Photo:  The Welcome Center at IslandWood I’ll probably be uncommonly quiet for the next few days, while I attend a research conference on obesity, the subject of a book on which I’m collaborating with a neuroscientist whose research has brought him some original insights. Billed as a “summit,” the conference will […]

Posted on April 23rd, 2009 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
Filed under: Agriculture, Nutrition, Poverty, Poverty in America | 13 Comments »

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By Miryam Ehrlich Williamson ABC’s 20/20 last night broadcast “Children of the Mountains,” one of the most heartbreaking programs I’ve ever seen.  It’s the result of nearly two years in which Diane Sawyer followed four children in the Appalachians in Central Kentucky.  I went into the watching ready to be ticked off at seeing rural […]

Posted on February 14th, 2009 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
Filed under: Poverty in America, Uncategorized | No Comments »