Oregon already has one of the highest rates of homeless students, ranking sixth in the nation, trailing behind New York, West Virginia, California, Washington and Missouri, respectively.Â
- Adam McCann, WalletHub Financial Writer
Fatherhood is a responsibility that has evolved significantly over time. In 1972,
85%of American families depended on a single income, typically earned by the father, who spent most of the week at work while mothers stayed home to care for the children. Today,
72.1%of married mothers are part of the workforce. While that figure still trails the
94.4%of married fathers who work, the gap continues to narrow.
As a progressive economist, I wrote a paper in 2021 with a generally conservative colleague, Kevin Hassett, who now directs the National Economic Council in the Trump White House. We agreed then on the basic arithmetic of the American retirement crisis.
- Jon Dorschner Special to the Arizona Daily Star
Trump’s economic policies have increased inflation, making it more and more difficult for Americans living on the margins to meet their basic needs.
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Tucson's STAR Village, a year-long pilot program to create a transitional outdoor sleeping space with services for homeless people, is set to be extended one more year if the city council approved a proposed budget for next fiscal year.
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Needy Tucsonans are surging to food banks as they lose food stamps due to changes in federal law. Meanwhile our overstuffed military's war effort is making it harder to be poor.
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MAP Arizona, a University of Arizona initiative tracking economic, health and education data, estimated 120,000 people in metro Tucson were food insecure in late 2024.
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A homeless teen panhandles on a street near Eighth Avenue in Manhattan on May 18, 2015 in New York City.
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