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Diaper Banks: How Congressional disdain for poor people makes them necessary

September 19, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik Activism, Charity & Justice, Children, Health Leave a comment

I’m sad to report that it’s Diaper Need Awareness Week here in St. Louis, and across the country–a program promoted by the National Diaper

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The costly, inconvenient financial lives of “unbanked” Americans

April 3, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik Charity & Justice, Consumer issues, Financial reform, Good government, Poverty, States Leave a comment

What would your life be like if you didn’t have a bank account? Ask a member of one of the 9 million American households

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