Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity, a national foundation-led initiative, is excited to collaborate with The Women’s Foundation to bring you the latest news and analysis on women and poverty.
Spotlight is the go-to site for news and ideas about fighting poverty. And every Friday, look for our weekly rundown of the top news stories on women and poverty.
Here’s this week’s news:
• A New York Times editorial calling for more rights for caregivers mentions that most are impoverished women.
• The Washington Post profiles a group of young women who have moved to a troubled D.C. neighborhood to do missionary work for the poor.
• The Miami Herald covers a school that brings engineering and robotics to low-income girls.
• The Knoxville News Sentinel runs an editorial arguing for pro-life policies from the new Administration, saying that they will benefit the poor.
• Following a personal appeal from President Obama, who was seeking bipartisan support for his new stimulus bill, House Democrats cut family planning benefits for the poor, as reported by the Associated Press.
• A Montana plan developed in response to teen pregnancy would allow CHIP to cover the cost of birth control, as reported by the Associated Press.
• An Associated Press article cites experts claiming that poverty in Mississippi is attributable to single parents.
• As noted by the Associated Press, a new mobile cancer screening lab for low-income Louisiana residents will offer mammograms.
• The Lincoln Journal Star focuses on single moms pursuing degrees.
• An Idaho food bank unknowingly gave out fish tainted with mercury, which the Associated Press indicates is dangerous for pregnant women.
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The Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity Team
Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity is a foundation-led, non-partisan initiative aimed at ensuring that our political leaders take significant actions to reduce poverty and increase opportunity in the United States. We bring together diverse perspectives from the political, policy, advocacy and foundation communities to engage in an ongoing dialogue focused on finding genuine solutions to the economic hardship confronting millions of Americans.