We pride ourselves over a lot of things. Our military has the biggest stick, our economy has the most bank (despite what it looks like right now) and we are probably one of the most mixed and tolerant nations in the world. Too bad we don’t really take good care of our mothers that much…. Read more »
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5 Life Hacks for Single Moms
The following guest article is written by Caroline Hampton – a career counselor and guest author of the guide to best online degrees for single mothers at BestCollegesOnline.org. Being a single mom is hard work. Here are five life hacks that are sure to help you relax, maximize your productivity and save you money. Standing As silly as… Read more »
The Lobbying Battles of Medicare and Medicaid
There is something called “doc-fix” that occurs regularly in Washington. This involves the wrangling between politicians to come up with funds to pay doctors for providing Medicare services, geared at 65 or older individuals which and often cost far more than their returns. So our legislators come up with short-term funds to pay Medicare doctors… Read more »
Food Stamps for PhD-Holders
You know something is very, very wrong with our society when a growing number of Doctors of Philosophy (aka PhD holders) are lining up for food stamps. You’d think that these people who had spent so much on their education and earned multiple degrees in return for their investment would not be faced with a… Read more »
California; Seven Other States, Cut Off “Chronically Unemployed” from Benefits
If you’re living in California and you find yourself frequently unemployed, then this is going to be very bad news: jobless benefits will be cut off this May. The same will apply for those living in Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Texas, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and North Carolina. Fifteen other states, including Michigan and South Carolina, were already… Read more »
How African American Students Will Be Hurt Most By an Interest Rate Hike?
So the Republicans and Democrats agree that student loan interest rates should stay at 3.4%, but they’re muddling up the whole process because they can’t agree on how to pay for the costs of extending a 50% interest rate cut for one more year. Well, these two bickering parties will have to come up with… Read more »
How “Homeless” Do You Need to Be?
Homelessness is a pretty simple concept – you don’t have anywhere permanent to live in. The whole idea becomes much more complicated, however, when you are looking for federal aid to help you get through homelessness. Take for example the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the US Department of Education. The… Read more »
