By:
Kate Richey
December 30, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Assets mean economic security. Yet impoverished families frequently lack the means to build assets. Some are even sanctioned by public assistance programs from accumulating the wealth they need to escape poverty. Oklahoma earned a “C” grade from the Corporation for…
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By:
Gene Perry
December 12, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Several state leaders have taken to promoting more income tax cuts as the best way to improve Oklahoma’s economy. But is that true? We recently heard Timothy Bartik, senior economist at the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, discuss the latest…
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By:
David Blatt
November 23, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
In September, the US Department of Agriculture released its annual report on household food security. For the 3-year period from 2008-10, an average of one in six Oklahoma households, 16.4 percent, experienced food insecurity. This means that “at times during…
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By:
Kate Richey
November 21, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Oklahoma Assets is seeking a Project Manager to support the development of its organizational structure and implementation of its program and partnership activities. Oklahoma Assets is a non-profit organization whose mission is to advocate policies and programs that can help…
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By:
David Blatt
November 17, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Earlier this fall, the Census Bureau released its annual report on poverty in the United States. In 2010, 15.1 percent of Americans, or 46.2 million persons, lived below the poverty level, which was $22,050 for a family of four. Among…
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This 1-page fact sheet summarizes racial disparities in unemployment in Oklahoma. Black workers in the state were unemployed at more than twice the rate (13.1 percent) of white workers (5.9 percent) in 2010. These disparities are persistent and deeply entrenched…
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This blog post was excerpted from remarks by Angela Glover Blackwell, founder and CEO of PolicyLink, during the opening session of PolicyLink’s 2011 Equity Summit in Detroit, Michigan. The speech presented a new framework for creating an equitable economy. Click…
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This paper, recently released by Oklahoma Assets, explores the critical role of credit in helping Oklahomans maintain financial security and build assets for a prosperous future.
Access the full issue-brief: “Affordable Credit in Oklahoma: Asset-building and Financial Security”
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By:
Kate Richey
November 2, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Access to credit has become a necessity for modern American living, touching virtually every aspect of our lives. Many consumers need credit to buy a house or a car, get an education, pay for medical expenses, or start a business. …
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By:
Gene Perry
October 20, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Sara Amberg is Manager of Agency Capacity Building of the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma.
The day before the February 2011 blizzard plowed through the Midwest, I heard a meteorologist report that he had never seen every radar system,…
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