By:
Gene Perry
November 16, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019
You may not be surprised to learn that, despite some progress in lowering the poverty rate the past three years, more than 600,000 Oklahomans lived in poverty in 2015. But did you know that two in five Oklahomans in poverty had…
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610,828 Oklahomans had incomes below the poverty level in 2015. That's 16.1 percent of Oklahoma's population, or about one out of every six Oklahomans.
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By:
Guest
November 11, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Effie Craven serves as the State Advocacy and Public Policy Director for the Oklahoma Food Banks — the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma and the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma — where she advocates for programs and policies that promote…
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Chattel slavery of African-Americans lasted for 246 years, from when the first slaves were brought to Virginia in 1619 to when it was finally abolished in 1865. Another 99 years passed until the 1964 Civil Rights Act ended Jim Crow…
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By:
David Blatt
October 25, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Note: This is an expanded and revised version of a column that appeared in the Journal Record.
Vote Yes on State Question 777 or else more Oklahoma children and seniors will go hungry?
That’s the highly misleading message that supporters…
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By:
Gene Perry
October 11, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Hundreds of thousands of Oklahoma families are able to put enough food on the table because of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). But research increasingly shows that it accomplishes much more than that.
Growing up in poverty is shown…
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Camille Landry is a writer, activist, and social justice advocate who lives in Oklahoma City. This post is part of our “Neglected Oklahoma” series, which tells the stories of Oklahomans in situations where the basic necessities of life are hard…
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By:
Gene Perry
September 15, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019
New Census data shows Oklahoma made some progress in reducing the percentage of families living in poverty in 2015. In 2014, nearly one out of six Oklahomans (16.6 percent) were making less than the poverty line ($24,000 a year for…
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Camille Landry is a writer, activist, and social justice advocate who lives in Oklahoma City. This post is part of our “Neglected Oklahoma” series, which tells the stories of Oklahomans in situations where the basic necessities of life are hard…
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By:
Guest
September 6, 2016 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Effie Craven serves as the State Advocacy and Public Policy Director for the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma and the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma, where she advocates for programs and policies that promote access to nutritious foods and…
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