Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity, a national foundation-led initiative, is excited to collaborate with The Women’s Foundation to bring you the latest news and analysis on women and poverty.
Spotlight is the go-to site for news and ideas about fighting poverty. And every Friday, look for our weekly rundown of the top news stories on women and poverty.
Here’s this week’s news:
• The New York Times focuses on a single mom’s struggle to pay rent.
• In The Nation magazine, Katha Pollitt calls on Barack Obama to be “Feminist in Chief.”
• The Los Angeles Times highlights an L.A. nonprofit assisting a local single mom.
• According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, local women, especially those of color, continue to suffer from an economic gender gap.
• A Baltimore landmark has been renovated as a residence for homeless women, as reported in the Baltimore Sun.
• In a story appearing in the Seattle Times, over a thousand local residents, most of them women, are seeking holiday assistance from the Salvation Army.
• The Knoxville News Sentinel covers a holiday fund that helps out single moms.
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The Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity team
Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity is a foundation-led, non-partisan initiative aimed at ensuring that our political leaders take significant actions to reduce poverty and increase opportunity in the United States. We bring together diverse perspectives from the political, policy, advocacy and foundation communities to engage in an ongoing dialogue focused on finding genuine solutions to the economic hardship confronting millions of Americans.
