Walter Scott’s shooting death while he was fleeing the police was allegedly due to his fears of arrest related to unpaid child support. This theory is prompting an examination of local child support enforcement in the United States. Many states across the country are incarcerating primarily destitute parents for failure to pay child support, making it harder for the parents (primarily non-custodial fathers) to pay child support. One study found that low income men are ordered to pay an average of 83% of their income for support while upper income men are order to pay a lower percentage.… Read more
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Jobs and jail might not keep young men out of crime, but how about therapy?
Jobs and jail might not keep young men out of crime, but how about therapy? … Read more
The Brilliant Idea from Europe That Could Revolutionize Child Support
The brilliant idea from Europe that could revolutionize child support
Can you go to jail for not paying rent ?
Black women are most heavily impacted by Arkansas state’s criminalization of failure to pay rent.
Working 3 jobs and 7 days a week to get by
This Boston woman works three jobs seven days a week and has decided to join a campaign to raise the national minimum wage to $15 an hour.… Read more
Women Earn Lower Than Men in Nearly All the Women Dominated Industries.
Women’s median earnings are lower than men’s in nearly all occupations, whether they work in occupations predominantly done by women, occupations predominantly done by men, or occupations with a more even mix of men and women, according to this report by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research
Over 50% of public assistance goes to working families
More than half (56%) of combined state and federal public assistance in the US (TANF, Medicaid/CHIP/SNAP benefits) goes to Working Families (those with at least 1 member working 27 weeks a year more than 10 hours a week.)
Working, but needing public assistance anyway
Many workers hold regular jobs, but still require public assistance to get by.
D.C. home health-care workers file class-action suit alleging wage theft
D.C. home health-care workers filed a class action lawsuit against four agencies, alleging that they were cheated out of wages and denied overtime and sick pay