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  • Talking about Poverty: Re-examining Basic Needs

    By Kathryn Hazelett Editor’s note: This is one in a series of blog posts to critically examine how poverty is defined, measured, and talked about, and how those conversations…

  • Talking about Poverty: In Need of a Refresh

    By Kathryn Hazelett Editor’s note: This is one in a series of blog posts to critically examine how poverty is defined, measured, and talked about, and how those…

  • A Big Idea: Banking on Building Empathy

    [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.26.6″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.26.6″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”3.26.6″ type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.26.6″] Most of us don’t think twice about how easy it is to access money. If you’re like me, it’s so easy…

  • Talking about Poverty: Food Costs in the 1950s

    By Kathryn Hazelett Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of blog posts to critically examine how poverty is defined, measured, and talked about, and how…

  • Talking about Poverty: Measurement

    By Kathryn Hazelett Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of blog posts to critically examine how poverty is defined, measured, and talked about, and how…

  • Talking about Poverty: Basic Needs

    By Kathryn Hazelett Nearly 225,000 families live below the poverty line in Arkansas and Mississippi.[1] While we hear and talk about poverty a lot, we’re not always talking…

  • Census 2020: Be Counted!

    By Kathryn Hazelett Every 10 years, the United States counts its people – all of them. This is the census and it’s happening again in 2020. There is…

  • Advocacy 101: Local Decision Makers

    By Kathryn Hazelett Editor’s note: This is the final entry in a series of blog posts about the legislative process on the state, federal, and local levels, and…

  • Advocacy 101: Federal Decision Makers

    By Kathryn Hazelett Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of blog posts about the legislative process on the state, federal, and local levels, and what…

  • Advocacy 101: State Decision Makers in Mississippi

    By Kathryn Hazelett Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of blog posts about the legislative process on the state, federal, and local levels, and what…