WE JUST CAME HERE TO WORK; WE DIDN'T COME HERE TO DIE
SOMETIMES A FOLK SONG, LIKE THE ONE ABOVE, THAT HAS LIVED ON FOR YEARS GETS TO THE HEART OF THE MATTER. WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A POST...
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GOING BACK TO WORK - WHAT DO WE DO WITH OUR KIDS?
They flipped the switch. With many states still showing rising or steady infection and death rates, the federal and state governments,...
INTRODUCTION TO ISSUE 3
THE CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST. We are two months into “lockdown,” but three and a half months into the public health crisis as more and...
HOPE
IS THERE ANY HOPE THAT THINGS WILL CHANGE FOR THE BETTER AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC? THIS ARTICLE EXPLAINS REAL PROPOSALS AND BILLS IN...
I FIND I LOVE FEEDING THE BIRDS BREAD
By Donna Gibson One day the birds were eating away and a larger bird came and scattered the smaller birds so that they could not eat The...
DID YOU GET YOUR ECONOMIC STIMULUS CHECK?
DID YOU RECEIVE YOUR STIMULUS CHECK? LEARN MORE ABOUT THE LEGISLATION THAT HAS PASSED AND OTHER BILLS IN CONGRESS THAT COULD BRING US...
THE (UN)AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRAIN WRECK IS HERE - LET’S BUILD A GRASSROOTS AGENDA TO DEAL WITH IT
“AT SOME POINT, POSSIBLY IN JUNE, THE SITUATION WILL BE REVERSED, WITH TENANTS FORCED TO PAY UP TO THREE MONTHS RENT OR RISK LOSING THEIR...
NON-VIOLENT? CIVIL? DISOBEDIENCE? A CRITIQUE OF THE ANTI-LOCKDOWN PROTESTS
IN THE LAST MONTH, THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS ANTI-SHELTER-IN-PLACE PROTESTS AT STATE HOUSES, CAPITALS, AND CITY HALLS. THE PROTESTERS...
COPING WITH STRESS AMID COVID 19 CRISIS
FROM THE WORKING POOR TO THE HOMELESS JUST STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE, PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY DEAL WITH AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF STRESS ON A...
JUSTICE CAFE: AN INTERVIEW WITH DONNA WAYT, RECOVERY ARTIST
JOSH GINGRAS INTERVIEWS DONNA WAYT, RECOVERY ARTIST. THIS IS PART OF AN ONGOING SERIES MEANT TO KEEP THE JUSTICE CAFE CONNECTED TO ITS...
SHOW ME THE MONEY: THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM
AT PART OF TWO CORONAVIRUS RELIEF PACKAGES, THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM HAS DISTRIBUTED THE BETTER PART OF $650 BILLION TO “SMALL...
DAILY DIALOGUE: DO WE REALLY HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN OUR SAFETY AND THE ECONOMY?
WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE BETWEEN OUR SAFETY AND THE ECONOMY. IS THAT TRUE? OR IS IT A FALSE CHOICE? Allen: What are...
POEM BY DONNA GIBSON
*Poem can be read from top to bottom and from bottom to top Who am I what do you see? Maybe You think that I’m not smart or maybe too...
POETRY IN THE PANDEMIC
An old saying says that crisis is just the other side of opportunity. In the pandemic crisis we have an opportunity to throw off the “the...
CONFESSIONAL
“Cheap grace is the grace we bestow on ourselves,” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer Bless me Father for I have sinned I have treated money as...
STAY AT HOME
ON MARCH 22, 2020, GOV. DEWINE, LT. GOV. JOHN HUSTED, AND DR. AMY ACTON, DIRECTOR OF OHIO PUBLIC HEALTH, ANNOUNCED A “STAY AT HOME” ORDER...
ANNOUNCEMENT
THE NEWARK THINK TANK ON POVERTY IS UNITING TO CREATE A LOCAL SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS: PEOPLE, PANDEMIC, &...
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