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Kennedy Laid To Rest
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Pam Fessler archive
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Pulse Of The Nation: A Year After Election '08
Political Foes Team Up To Improve Voter Registration
November 3, 2009 Advisers from recent Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns have joined together to try to come up with a better way to register voters. In the future, for example, a voter's record could be automatically updated when he or she moves.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Reporter's Notebook
Hugs Help Reporter Embrace A New Beat
October 17, 2009 NPR correspondent Pam Fessler recently switched from reporting about homeland security to covering poverty — and that has involved many changes. But one has been especially striking: She gets a lot more hugs.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Politics
ACORN Starts To Feel Funding Freeze
October 16, 2009 At ACORN Housing's North Philadelphia office, staffers worry that they may no longer be able to help the poor keep their homes if the funding freeze becomes permanent. The ACORN affiliate has already had to scale back some of its services.
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Politics
ACORN Donations Dwindle In Wake Of Videos
October 1, 2009 ACORN, the troubled anti-poverty group, is fighting to survive. Its government funding is threatened, and so is the money it receives from foundations and other donors. Several major funders say that they've ended or are reassessing ties with the group.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Business
Study: CEO Salaries At Nonprofits Up In 2008
September 28, 2009 Some charitable givers close their wallets when they learn of the sky-high salaries made by some nonprofit CEOs. A new study shows that the top pay at the nation's largest nonprofits rose again in 2008. The organizations say high pay is necessary to attract top talent.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Politics
ACORN Grapples With Fallout Of Damaging Videos
September 17, 2009 The community-organizing group is under fire after its employees were caught on camera appearing to advise a couple posing as a prostitute and pimp how to buy a house without letting anyone know it's being used for prostitution. ACORN's CEO says the group will have an independent investigator look into what happened, but she also says it's the target of a broad, right-wing attack.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Around the Nation
Videos Put ACORN Under Pressure
September 15, 2009 The Senate votes to block the community organizing group ACORN from receiving HUD grants. The move comes after hidden-camera videos captured ACORN employees giving advice on falsifying taxes to conservative activists posing as a pimp and prostitute.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Economy
Poverty Rates Highest Since 1997
September 10, 2009 Almost 40 million people in the U.S. lived in poverty last year, the first full year of the recession, according to a new report from the Census Bureau. Some say the numbers are grimmer than expected — and that the news will only get worse.
Economy
In New York City, Poverty Defined In New Terms
September 10, 2009 New York City is one of the first places in the country to take into consideration child and health care costs as well as geographic differences when measuring poverty. Backers of New York's method want the federal formula to reflect these real world costs.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Follow The Legislation
Advocates Push To Include The Homeless In Medicaid
August 25, 2009 Most homeless people lack insurance and rely on the emergency room and government-funded clinics for treatment. Advocates say the existing system is both inadequate and expensive for taxpayers, and that expanding Medicaid to include the homeless is a better option.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Money And Influence
Health Care Fight Spotlights Community Organizers
July 28, 2009 The Virginia Organizing Project is one of many community organizing groups that hoped to have more clout after the election of President Obama, a former organizer. And VOP has now found itself swept up in the biggest organizing effort of the year.
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
U.S.
State Welfare Rolls Feel Impact Of Recession
July 7, 2009 Welfare caseloads have been going up in most states over the past year, but not in all of them. In fact, cases are going down in some of the hardest-hit areas. That's raised questions about whether the program is an adequate safety net for families in need.
