by MCDC | Feb 14, 2015 | 2016 General Election, Discrimination, Income Inequality, Minimum Wage, Racism
Once again, FOX News has completely mischaracterized the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), claiming that the President is “buying votes” by keeping millions of Americans on the SNAP rolls despite the “full economic recovery.” That statement is...
by MCDC | Jan 13, 2015 | 2016 General Election, Economy, Employment, Health Care, Income Inequality, News
Why do half of his state’s residents want to leave? Strip away his antics, and there’s a devastating economic story By Robert Hennelly Late last year a Monmouth University/ Asbury Park Press poll found that half of the New Jersey residents surveyed wanted...
by MCDC | Jan 12, 2015 | Civil Rights, Events, History, Income Inequality
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – Celebrating His Life & Legacy Presented by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Observance Guest Speaker Dr. Hortense Hinton Jackson Music by Min. Nelson C Page Jr. & Jesse Hines Jr. Contacts: Rev. Frank D Lewis Sr –...
by MCDC | Dec 21, 2014 | 2016 General Election, Citizens United, History, Income Inequality, Minimum Wage, Social Security
Isn’t it amazing how Washington works? While the rich get richer, they get tax breaks and Wall Street deregulation? While working families become poorer, they get cuts in pensions that were promised to them. Congress must start defending the needs of working...
by MCDC | Dec 14, 2014 | Economy, Employment, Income Inequality, Issues
A couple of years ago, the city of Chicago started a summer jobs program for teenagers attending high schools in some of the city’s high-crime, low-income neighborhoods. The program was meant, of course, to connect students to work. But officials also hoped that...
