Written by Jennifer Cooper on December 28, 2009 – 7:11 pm
Dec. 28, 2009 Human beings are not meant to live in the cold. Some of us may enjoy living in cooler regions, but I doubt anyone enjoys spending any real amount of time exposed to the elements without proper clothing. Yet routinely the poor and the homeless are left ill prepared to shelter themselves from [...]
Written by Jennifer Cooper on December 28, 2009 – 9:50 am
Dec. 27, 2009 Earlier this week the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced the release of $1.4 billion in grants to help keep thousands of local homeless assistance programs operating. It pales in comparison to the massive bailouts handed out to financial institutions earlier this year, but it is welcome news nonetheless. The [...]
Written by Jennifer Cooper on December 26, 2009 – 6:04 pm
Dec. 26, 2009 Considering that the average American gains at least a couple pounds during the period between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, it is hard to imagine anyone in this country is going hungry. Yet more than one in seven, or 14.6 percent, of American households suffered from food insecurity in 2008, according to [...]
Written by Jennifer Cooper on December 25, 2009 – 5:43 pm
Dec. 25, 2009 Wherever you are or however you spend today, my wish is that everyone is safe and warm with a full belly. – By Jennifer E. Cooper
Written by Jennifer Cooper on December 24, 2009 – 10:07 am
Dec. 24, 2009 Today many of us will spend the day finishing up preparations for Christmas. Gifts will be wrapped, last-minute trips to the store will be made, food will be cooked and family and friends will gather as the festivities begin. And so many people are truly generous this time of year. It is [...]
Written by Jennifer Cooper on December 23, 2009 – 9:40 am
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Written by Jennifer Cooper on December 21, 2009 – 2:43 pm
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Written by Jennifer Cooper on December 18, 2009 – 2:42 pm
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Written by Jennifer Cooper on December 17, 2009 – 7:15 pm
Dec. 17, 2009 It is no secret that so many of the homeless in this country are veterans. And little shocks me these days. But I found myself surprised to learn the number of homeless female veterans to be on the rise. According to a report by the National Alliance to End Homelessness, women are [...]
Written by Jennifer Cooper on December 16, 2009 – 11:43 pm
Dec. 16, 2009 More than a year ago my husband and I were at home one Sunday morning when he noticed the back of our apartment was on fire. Faulty electrical wiring in the restaurant below had created a fire that was likely smoldering for hours before it spread to our apartment. In the months [...]
Written by Jennifer Cooper on December 15, 2009 – 11:57 pm
Dec. 15, 2009 It is not a good time to be a teenager looking for a job. While the unemployment rate in the United States was at 10 percent for November 2009, some 26.7 percent of teenagers were unemployed in that same time period, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The month prior saw [...]
Written by Jennifer Cooper on December 10, 2009 – 6:11 pm
Dec. 10, 2009 Today President Barack Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize. He accepts this honor just over a week after he announced he would send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan at a cost of roughly $30 billion. Besides the obvious question as to how a man who has expanded two wars could have received [...]
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