That Political Video From Facebook: “Pickpocket” or “Get Your Hand Out of My Pocket, Mitt Romney”
• August 11, 2012 • Comments Off on That Political Video From Facebook: “Pickpocket” or “Get Your Hand Out of My Pocket, Mitt Romney”Posted in Affordable Care Act, African American History, American History, American Politics, Class, Cultural History, Facebook, Health, Medicaid/Medicare, National Issues, Obama Administration, Social Security, The Economy, The Tea Party Movement, Wisconsin
Tags: Bain Capital, Barack Obama, Common Sense, Elderly, Elderly Women, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Joe McCarthy, Lyndon Johnson, Medicaid, Medicare, Middle-Class, Move On.org, Poor, Poor People, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Social Security, The Great Society, The New Deal, Unemployment Insurance, United States, Vice President Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States, Wisconsin
Well, There’s WiFi on the Eighth Floor Tonight
• October 16, 2010 • Comments Off on Well, There’s WiFi on the Eighth Floor TonightPosted in Black People, Class, Education, Fiction Writing, Holidays, Joblessness, The Economy, Who I Am, Wisconsin, Womanism, Women
Tags: African Americans, Apple, Black Women, Blacks, Boohooing, Business, Cali, California, Cisco Systems, EBT, EBT Card, Joni Mitchell, Lake Mendota, Life Goes On, Madison Metro, Madison WI, Michelangelo's Coffeehouse, People, Retraining, Self-Respect, State Street, The Bay Area, The Big One, The Eighth Floor, The Eighties, The Great American Black Woman's Novel, The Madison Children's Museum, The Yellow Brick Road, Unemployed, Unemployment Insurance, United States, Web Design, Wi-Fi, Wisconsin, YWCA, YWCA Madison
As 2010 Opens, Some are Living Only on Food Stamps While Homeowners Under Obama’s Loan Plan are Still Foreclosed On
• January 3, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in American Politics, Black People, Class, Cooking, Democrats, Homelessness, Joblessness, Obama Administration, People of Color, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, The Economy, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: Banks, Bernanke, Cash Aid, CBS, Child Support, Dependency, Disability Insurance, EBT Card, Family Dollar Stores, Food Stamps, Foreclosures, Gambling, Geithner, HAMP, Home Affordable Modification Program, Homeless, Homeowners, Jobless, Jobs, Katie Couric, Lenders, Midterm Elections, Mortgages, Pensions, Poverty, President Barack Obama, Save-A-Lot, Stocks and Bonds, Taxes, Taxpayers, The Great Recession, The Middle Class, The New York Times, Third World Country, Unemployment Insurance, Wall Street
Well, I Have a Job For the Moment…
• November 22, 2009 • Comments Off on Well, I Have a Job For the Moment…Posted in Black People, Class, Education, Health, Homelessness, Joblessness, Mental Health/Psychology, The Economy
Tags: African Americans, Blacks, Career, Chanting, Christmas, Clerical Workers, Daimoku, Extensions, Freelancing, Job, Job Hunting, Job Search, Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, New Year's, Survival, Teaching, Temporary Employment, Thanksgiving, The Holidays, The New Poor, The Poor, Unemployment Check, Unemployment Insurance, Work, Writing