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 Washington Post writes that a day care center’s relocation will create a burden for low-income mothers.
- The Washington Times summarizes what an Obama administration might mean for feminism, abortion rights, and domestic violence legislation.
- Struggling moms and an elderly woman are the focus of a Chicago Tribune piece on homeless families.
- The Los Angeles Times considers popular television programs’ portrayals of teen pregnancy.
- A Philadelphia Inquirer editorial calls for stronger marriage to cut down on the number of families run by single mothers.
- The Miami Herald writes that teen pregnancy has increased for the first time in over a decade.
- The recession might force a breast cancer hotline for low-income women to shut down, according to New York Newsday.
- As noted by the St. Louis Post Dispatch, the new Missouri Secretary of Health and Human Services has inspired controversy over her pro-choice views.
- The Associated Press announced that a new health program for low-income women has been started in Missouri.
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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.
