South Carolina
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We're getting our first glimpses of life in Super-PACistan, and it's not pretty. READ MORE >>
My Second-Favorite Republican Innovation ...
Boston Legal
Mitt: Caught Between Granite And Silver
Three Months And Counting
Christmas in Sioux City
Fired Up, Ready To Go Settle For Less
A few days ago, before this blog was launched, we got word in the paper of record that new Census data showed the county around Greenwood, S.C. as the one hardest hit by the Great Recession: the 70,000-person county's poverty rate more than doubled between 2007 and 2010, to 28 percent, the largest increase for any county in the country, and median income plunged by 28 percent, a drop of $12,000. READ MORE >>
Florida Will Decide the GOP Nominee. Who Has the Upper Hand There?
A Metro Lens on the New National Poverty Data
The release of new Census Bureau poverty data yesterday confirmed suspicions about the state of the economy for the nation’s most vulnerable citizens: even as GDP growth resumed in 2009, things continued to deteriorate at the bottom of the ladder. The U.S. poverty rate rose from 14.3 percent in 2009 to 15.1 percent in 2010, reaching its highest point since 1993. READ MORE >>
