Over A Million Americans Officially Became Poor In Two Months

Things will get worse before it will get better…

The number of Americans enrolled in the government’s food stamp program has risen to surpass the previous month’s record. With 607,544 new Americans becoming eligible for food stamps in September, the total has reached yet another all-time record.

The monthly increase in those enrolled in the government’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) was the highest since May 2011 and topped off numbers that [...]

One in 30 children born in the U.S. now is a twin… as more older women having children and using fertility treatments

One out of every 30 babies born in the United States will be born a twin according to new statistics reported this week that show the number nearly doubling in the last 20 years.

With more women using fertility treatments and giving birth at older ages, the likelihood for twins, triplets and other multiples have drastically increased, according to researchers from Michigan State University and the Centers for Disease Control and [...]

To have and to hold… for 20 years at the most? Only half of America’s first marriages make it past two decades

More couples may be moving in together before they tie the knot, but new research has showed that about half of America’s first-time wedded couples stay together past their 20th anniversary.

A survey conducted by the National Health Statistics Report showed that a decreasing number of women, compared to previous years, were still married for the first time between 2006 and 2010.

But while newly married couples may lack staying power, the research, [...]

Street homelessness rises by 23% (UK)

Latest Government statistics have shown a rise of 23% in street homelessness in England, between autumn 2010 and autumn 2011.

The Rough Sleeping Statistics report, which includes figures from all 326 local housing authorities in England, shows:

a rise in the number of people sleeping rough, from 1,768 in autumn 2010 to 2,181 in autumn 2011 – an increase of 23%
London, the south east and the south west have the highest levels [...]

Bringing The “Not In The Labor Force” Mystery To Light

by Lance Roberts of Streettalklive.com

Bringing The “Not In The Labor Force” Mystery To Light

There has been much debate over the weekend regarding the 1.2 million individuals who moved into the “Not In Labor Force” category in Friday’s Bureau of Labor Statistics report, which included an increase to the total population of 1.5 million. From the Wall Street Journal:

“Here’s what happened: According to the Census Bureau, the civilian population [age 16 and over] grew by [...]