Clyburn ready to elevate rural poverty issues on Appropriations
Upon his return to the House Appropriations Committee after an 18-year hiatus, Rep. James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., has one central ...
Tackling poverty in greater Cleveland and Northeast Ohio
In 2023, the overall poverty rate in Cuyahoga County is 16 percent. Trump to enact tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China ...
Christian Science Monitor2d
Tariffs on China but not Mexico, Canada? The stakes in a potential trade war.
In postponing some threatened tariffs but not others, U.S. President Donald Trump is sowing uncertainty for businesses and ...
Opinion
The Santa Fe New Mexican12dOpinion
Poverty solutions will mean New Mexicans thrive
New Mexico has made significant strides in addressing poverty, but we must ask: Are we truly addressing the root causes and bridging the wealth divide, or are we merely offering ...
MercoPress5d
Some 44% of Mexicans, 56 million, were considered poor at the end of 2020
In Mexico poverty income is defined at US$ 111 per month for rural residents and US$ 170 for those living in urban areas. Likewise extreme poverty refers to those making insufficient to buy a ...
Tears and shock as Trump dashes dreams of migrants in Mexico scheduled to enter US
By Lizbeth Diaz, Laura Gottesdiener and Alexandra Ulmer TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - Nidia Montenegro fled violence and poverty at home in Venezuela, survived a kidnapping as she traveled north into ...
National Review24d
New Mexico Governor Plays Game with Data to Claim Child Poverty Success
Michelle Lujan Grisham is taking an unearned victory lap by conflating two different measures of poverty. For decades, New Mexico has struggled with poverty. Thanks to its blue-state model of ...
Tariffs loom, but US automakers began making cars in Canada, Mexico in early 1900s
In 1965, the Canada–United States Automotive Products Agreement was enacted, a precursor to NAFTA that removed tariffs ...
Mexico builds temporary shelters to prepare for mass deportations from US
Mexican authorities have begun constructing giant tent shelters in the city of Ciudad Juarez to prepare for a possible influx ...
CounterPunch14d
Sheinbaum’s Message of Change for Mexico − Wake-up Call in US
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, speaking to 350,000 people gathered in Mexico City’s Zócalo plaza, outlined her ...
Mexico’s new plan to help deportees won’t do enough
To limit migration, the Trump administration ought to help Mexico provide a better future for deportees.
KUNM23d
Poverty fell more than a third in New Mexico due to tax changes, but there’s more to do
As a working parent earning less than $30,000 a year — about half the median household income statewide — she lives below the poverty line. Historically in New Mexico, that is commonplace. As of a ...