![[VIEWPOINT] No, It’s Not a Great Day in SC](http://scjusticewatch.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/haley.jpg?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "[VIEWPOINT] No, It’s Not a Great Day in SC")
“It’s a great day in South Carolina.” Or is it? Terry Plumb of HeraldOnline.com challenges this statement Gov. Nikki Haley orders state offices to greet their phone callers . In addition to discussing the state’s Medicaid expansion debate and poor persons in SC, he also discusses the state’s closing of unemployment services in 17 counties. If you … Continue reading »
We are all familiar with the outright effects of poverty on children (as well as adults): the possibility of limited access to food, proper shelter, clothing and quality education, to name a few. But as The Huffington Post’s Elaine Weiss recently reported, there may be another part of a child’s life that could be greatly … Continue reading »
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The Palmetto State and SC Appleseed got some attention in The Nation this week. Sadly, it came in the magazine’s “This Week in Poverty” department and for our state legislature’s campaign against the unemployed. Joan Entmacher, vice president for family economic security at the National Women’s Law Center, notes that South Carolina—which last year reduced … Continue reading »
