Effective Compassion |
Poverty in the United States is at a two decade high, but local
groups that connect work and faith to charity provide lasting
relief
Poverty |
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Census Bureau reports the number of Americans
in poverty stood at 15 percent in 2011. About 46.2 million people,
or nearly 1 in 6, were…
Healthcare |
I moved to Charlotte in 2007. The job market boomed. People moved
there from around the country, energizing the city. The influx of
new residents meant that…
Healthcare |
By bus, train, and car this summer, I visited medical clinics in a
dozen cities, then walked the neighborhoods around the clinics. The
first stop was small -
Healthcare |
A ground-level look at charity clinics throughout the United States
finds a thriving, but often ignored, subsection of American
healthcare
Poverty |
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Columnist Leonard Pitts wrote a story for the
front page of last Sunday's
Charlotte Observer
indicting both parties for failing to speak up for…
Poverty |
Society cannot function without laws. We need laws and the
enforcement of them to ensure safety, structure, and well being.
Laws protect our way of life and…
