By Amanda Castro-Crist More than 13 million children in the United States lack reliable access to adequate amounts of affordable and nutritious food. They are part of the population known as “food-insecure.” Data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows food insecurity among average U.S. households sat at 12.7 percent in 2015. At colleges and […]
The Great Divide
April 11, 2017 by
A look into the poverty line and education achievement gap in Lubbock, as well as what is being done to change it. According to City Data, 29 percent of Lubbock residents have an income below the poverty level, which is 7.9 percent higher than the state average. Additionally, 26.5 percent of children are below the poverty […]
In Their Own Words: What It’s Like To Be Homeless
May 22, 2016 by
By Nicolas Lopez They live under bridges and overpasses or scatter to abandoned homes at night. Some feel lucky to have shelter in Tent City. Ostracized by society, they all desperately seek to be heard. In previous articles I have written about poverty, hunger and homelessness in Lubbock, I often felt that I didn’t do full […]
