The myth of the “irrational poor” is often used to justify cutting and restricting public programs. But people on SNAP and Medicaid are anything but irrational.

https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/notes-of-an-economist-on-food-stamps

#poverty #USpol #Medicaid #hardship #SocialChange #EconomicHardship #EconomicInsecurity #economics #snap

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: a time for action on many fronts

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/health/hiv/black-hiv-aids-awareness-day

LGBTQ+ Americans are going back in the closet under Donald Trump: report

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-safety-coming-out-trump

Limiting refugee admissions could disproportionately impact LGBTQ+ refugees: report

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/refugee-cap-limit-lgbtq-impact

"We can already see this tension on a smaller scale in Australia’s food economy. According to the Australian government, we collectively waste around 7.6 million tonnes of food a year. That’s about 312 kilograms per person.

At the same time, as many as one in eight Australians are food-insecure, mostly because they do not have enough money to pay for the food they need.

What does that say about our ability to fairly distribute the promised abundance from the AI revolution?"

https://theconversation.com/if-ai-takes-most-of-our-jobs-money-as-we-know-it-will-be-over-what-then-262338

#AI
#economicInsecurity

How to Defeat Poilievre’s Politics of Abandonment

https://venera.social/display/85a863ed-1564-fbeb-e384-260560663601

Many #LGBTQ+ #Americans are unable to pay #bills, keep #savings or hold #bankaccounts, #survey shows.

The survey’s findings align with years of research that #LGBTQ+ people experience #poverty at high rates, and investigates new aspects of #queer #EconomicInsecurity

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Finance #Poverty

https://19thnews.org/2023/04/lgbtq-finances-bills-economic-insecurity/

Mothers with postpartum/perinatal depression face an increased risk of long-term economic insecurity — material hardship, poverty, and unemployment.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34696940

#NICHDimpact #PostpartumDepression #MaternalHealth #MaternalMentalHealth #MentalHealth #Poverty #Unemployment #EconomicInsecurity