Here is a visual argument for the power of education. The graph on the left shows the “poverty workforce” of workers earning less than $23,000 per year for a family of four.  The right graph shows the total workforce. 

(Source: theatlantic.com)

Many European countries have engaged in austerity. Austerity can actually make it MORE difficult to get deficits under control. Greece, Portugal, Ireland, and Spain have been the leaders of this effort since 2009. 

(Source: washingtonpost.com)

This is the racial/ethnic breakdown of the poverty wage workforce versus the total workforce. Whites are underrepresented and blacks and Hispanics are overrepresented. 

(Source: theatlantic.com)

Where are low-income workers employed? Workers earning less than $23,000 for a family of four are below the poverty line, and 75% of these individuals work in food preparation and serving. 

(Source: theatlantic.com)

Your cartoon of the day!

By John Deering
From the Cartoonist Group.

(Source: americanprogress.org)

Black women continue making job gains. Since december, the unemployment rate for black women decreased from 13.9% to 10.8%.

(Source: businessweek.com)

The chart says it all. More and more Americans are finding jobs, and the unemployment rate is decreasing. 

(Source: npr.org)

Your cartoon of the day!

By Joel Pett
From the Cartoonist Group.

According to the BLS, 4.8 million workers who lived below the poverty line worked full time in 2010.

Saying the poorest Americans don’t work enough is just plain wrong.

(Source: bls.gov)