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Inspiration and Renewed Activism Inspired by Dolores Huerta — and her Recent Revelations 

Last summer, former foster youth Bayley Craig gathered with anti-poverty advocates on the steps of California’s Capitol building before a crush of cameras.  He was nervous, but had an urgent goal: beseeching state lawmakers to protect access to food stamps from federal cuts. The benefits kept him alive as an impoverished 7-year-old, and later as an 18-year-old in college with no family support. Then he heard he was on the lineup with one of…

by Jeremy Loudenback, The Imprint and Haydee Barahona, The Imprint

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Professor: Wealth disparities lead to health disparities

A professor who for decades has studied linkages between socioeconomic status, access to medical care and health outcomes says the widening gap between rich and poor may be increasing health inequities, despite efforts to reduce them. Bruce Link, a professor of public policy and sociology…

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