Thanksgiving 2013

I hope everyone reading this has much to be thankful for! I am thankful for my family, my friends, for having a roof over my head and a turkey in the oven. I'm thankful that our city government is about to be transformed. But, unfortunately for too many in America, this is the reality:

In the U.S. 49.7 Million Are Now Poor, and 80% of the Total Population Is Near Poverty

Evidence mounting that poverty causes lasting physical and mental health problems for children  

More Than 600,000 Americans Are Homeless On Any Given Night  

Food Banks Plead for Piece of a Diminishing Federal Funding Pie

Walmart asks its workers to donate food...to their fellow workers

McDonald's advises its workers to break up their food into smaller pieces to try to satisfy their hunger and to sell their Christmas gifts on eBay for much-needed cash 

A Galveston medical student describes life and death in the so-called safety net 

The Nation details how "Inequality Is (Literally) Killing America" 

And,  Linda Tirado explains "...Why Poor People's Bad Decisions Make Perfect Sense"

May you be one of the lucky ones!

Roll Back Those Lazy-Crazy-Hazy-Days Of Summer

It's the summer of 1963, err, 2013 in the Good Ol' U.S. of A and everything is A-okay!

Any 'War on Poverty' Is Thankfully Still Just A Dream
Poverty? What poverty? This is the greatest nation on the face of the Earth!

(80 Percent Of U.S. Adults Face Near-Poverty, Unemployment: Survey)

We Will Arrest Those Who Practice The Love
That Dare Not Speak Its Name
Really, what do they expect?

(Gays in Baton Rouge arrested under invalid sodomy law)

The Little Lady Knows Her Place (As She Should)
We're working hard to ensure that the only abortions will be back alley ones!
(As abortion limits sweep US, even 'purple' states join the crackdown)

Negroes Know Their Place Too
Because they know death lies only a whistle at a white woman (or a hoodie) away!

(George Zimmerman Found Not Guilty And Goes Free)

And For the Ones Who Are Still Too Uppity...
We'll make it as hard as legally possible to vote!

(North Carolina Passes the Country's Worst Voter Suppression Law)

Yes siree, Bob! We wish that summer would always be here!

CHS: Walk To End Poverty For All

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"All funds raised will benefit more than 5,000 very low income and homeless individuals and families that Community Human Services assists year round through our food pantry, emergency shelter, supported housing programs, in-home assistance program, and within our health station, all of which help those struggling with poverty on a daily basis."

More at http://www.walktoendpovertyforall.org
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Free the Slaves

http://www.freetheslaves.net

(h/t to Digby)
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