Welcome Back!

by Leigh Graham · 2009-05-26 06:00:00 UTC
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I can tell from my Google Analytics that most of you enjoyed a lovely weekend away from the web.  Good for you!  It was lovely up here in Boston.

But now you're back at work (sigh), so here's a round-up of our weekend here at Poverty in America, to help you ease back into the work week:

Iraq & Afghanistan vets and their loved ones deserve our care and support - and a coalition of agencies is responding.

From working-class roots to the White House, Michelle Obama steps out as a role model for low-income children of color.

What was NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg thinking, appointing a former Wall St exec to run the city's public housing authority?

Meanwhile, Florida refuses to re-consider its boom-and-bust development economy.

Finally, support the Employee Free Choice Act! In a random sample of over 1,000 union organizing drives, employers threatened to shut plants down almost 60% of the time.

I'll catch up with you this afternoon.  Any excellent weekend stories, leave 'em in comments.

Leigh Graham
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