Blacks Make Up Half of the U.S. Homeless Population

In issues involving the homeless, race is rarely brought into the discussion. However, the face of American homelessness is undoubtedly black, with reports listing African-Americans as roughly half of the homeless population.

While studies documenting the homeless are difficult to conduct and historically inaccurate, the disproportionate number of black homeless people is impossible to ignore. However, programs for the homeless are rarely targeted for specific racial groups, despite the heavy difference in ratios.

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Obamacare ‘Glitch’ Allows Some Families To Be Priced Out Of Health Insurance

Some families could get priced out of health insurance due to what’s being called a glitch in President Barack Obama’s overhaul law. IRS regulations issued Wednesday failed to fix the problem as liberal backers of the president’s plan had hoped.

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Unions Roll Out Fiscal Cliff Ad Warning Of Social Security Cuts In ‘Boehnerville’

With cuts to Social Security looking more likely, a group of national labor unions is rolling out another blitz of television ads on the so-called fiscal cliff, urging lawmakers in Washington to protect families from cuts in domestic and social insurance programs.

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Obama administration issues regulations for individual mandate

The Obama administration took new steps Wednesday toward implementing the individual mandate in its signature healthcare law, downplaying the scope of the unpopular provision by stressing rules that allow exemptions from the requirement to purchase insurance.

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Labor to Obama: Back off Social Security

The AFL-CIO is pushing President Obama to back off from Social Security benefit cuts in the “fiscal cliff” negotiations.

The nation’s largest labor federation sent an email Tuesday to activists asking them to email the White House and lawmakers and oppose the changes to Social Security that the president has offered to Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) in deficit-reduction package.

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Obama outlines budget-cutting agenda at press conference

In what was billed as the last press conference of his first term, US President Barack Obama laid out an agenda for his next term that will be focused on slashing hundreds of billions of dollars from federal health care and retirement programs, including Medicare and Social Security.

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The President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2013

We now face a make-or-break moment for the middle class and those trying to reach it. After decades of eroding middle-class security as those at the very top saw their incomes rise as never before and after a historic recession that plunged our economy into a crisis from which we are still fighting to recover, it is time to construct an economy that is built to last.

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The Good and Bad of the Fiscal Cliff Deal

Many liberals are bashing the deal passed last night by Congress, and not without reason. Even Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid reportedly thought this was a bad deal, though he did buck up and support it.

There are some key ways this deal falls short. But let’s first credit what’s good about it:

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Fiscal Cliff Deal Cuts Average Workers’ Paycheck By $1,000

The tax package that Congress passed in the final hour of New Year’s Day will protect 99 percent of Americans from an income tax increase, but almost every person will still see a hit to their paychecks.

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Approving Billions in Cuts to Social Services

Just 10 days before the start of the new fiscal year, Gov. Jerry Brown and the Democratic-controlled Legislature reached a budget deal on Thursday to close a nearly $16 billion budget gap. The agreement came after days of negotiations, with legislative leaders reluctant to make the cuts that Governor Brown said were urgently needed.

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