I'm Still Not Tired - Larkin Callaghan

Larkin Callaghan recently completed her doctorate in health behavior and public health education at Columbia, focusing on women's health and global health development. With research and program experience in HIV and sexual health, social network building, trauma and violence, drug and alcohol abuse, and how socioeconomic status and history of abuse contribute to health and social mobility, she specializes in women's and adolescent health, population health, communication and social marketing and the health of vulnerable populations - and how they relate to one another. She also works as a UN Correspondent for MediaGlobal, covering issues affecting the least developed countries, with a not-exclusive focus on global health. She posts about public health, sociology and social justice, human rights, research, and gender. She manages the Reproductive Health Daily Tumblr and is a fellow in Health Communication and Epidemiology at Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health, where she writes and uses social and new media to promote research that focuses on health disparities, access and rights. She’s an avid runner and a California loyalist, and also posts longer opinion pieces on I'm Not Tired Yet at https://larkincallaghan.wordpress.com/.
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pewresearch: A Bipartisan Nation of Beneficiaries As President Barack Obama negotiates with Republicans in Congress over federal entitlement spending, a new national survey by the Pew Research Center finds that a majority of Americans (55%) have received government benefits from at least one of the six best-known federal entitlement programs. Read more from the latest study by Pew Social and Demographic Trends.

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A Bipartisan Nation of Beneficiaries

As President Barack Obama negotiates with Republicans in Congress over federal entitlement spending, a new national survey by the Pew Research Center finds that a majority of Americans (55%) have received government benefits from at least one of the six best-known federal entitlement programs.

Read more from the latest study by Pew Social and Demographic Trends.

(via npr)

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An incredible piece from WNYC. Well worth the read, delving into the class, race, social and economic issues that are often glossed over when discussing public housing. Great points about drug use and health as well. wnyc: Karen Alston lives two floors above her childhood home in the country’s largest housing project, the Queensbridge Houses. At 15, she was raped in a laundromat near her home. In her 20s, she was addicted to crack. She has witnessed one after another of her brothers sent to jail. Karen is a twin, and one of 12 children born to Virgie and Walter Alston. Like many in her family Karen got caught up in the kind of drugs that became commonplace in New York during the 1970s and 1980s. “I used to smoke crack when (my son) was a baby,” she said recently. “I grew up in the heroin era—where everybody in my generation we had a brother or sister addicted to dope. Everybody.” Contd.

An incredible piece from WNYC. Well worth the read, delving into the class, race, social and economic issues that are often glossed over when discussing public housing. Great points about drug use and health as well.

wnyc:

Karen Alston lives two floors above her childhood home in the country’s largest housing project, the Queensbridge Houses.

At 15, she was raped in a laundromat near her home. In her 20s, she was addicted to crack. She has witnessed one after another of her brothers sent to jail.

Karen is a twin, and one of 12 children born to Virgie and Walter Alston. Like many in her family Karen got caught up in the kind of drugs that became commonplace in New York during the 1970s and 1980s.

“I used to smoke crack when (my son) was a baby,” she said recently. “I grew up in the heroin era—where everybody in my generation we had a brother or sister addicted to dope. Everybody.” Contd.

(via npr)

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Great graphic showing the number of hours needed to work at minimum wage to cover health inusrance and tuition, comparing 1979/1980 to 2020/2011. Via @ThinkProgress

Great graphic showing the number of hours needed to work at minimum wage to cover health inusrance and tuition, comparing 1979/1980 to 2020/2011. Via @ThinkProgress

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afrographique: An infographic depicting the percentage share of formal firms that are owned by women in Africa. Data from the World Bank.

afrographique:

An infographic depicting the percentage share of formal firms that are owned by women in Africa. Data from the World Bank.

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The Changing Face of Development in the Fight for Gender Justice →

In honor of International Women’s Day, let’s take a look at how global development is changing. New pathways, collaborations, youth perspectives, and engaged grantees - all essential elements of necessary development innovation.

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So, there’s this. A nice comparison of how Bush’s contribution to the massive debt compares to Obama’s. A nice visual refute of the “Obama is sinking us economically” argument.

So, there’s this. A nice comparison of how Bush’s contribution to the massive debt compares to Obama’s. A nice visual refute of the “Obama is sinking us economically” argument.

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Why land rights matter, part 2. Infographics courtesy of Landesa Rural Development Institute.

Why land rights matter, part 2.

Infographics courtesy of Landesa Rural Development Institute.

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Why land rights matter.

Why land rights matter.

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