Maria Shriver to meet with Obama on Tuesday
Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) The White House says Maria Shriver on Tuesday will present President Barack Obama with a copy of her report on the economic status of women.
The report, A Womans Nation Pushes Back from the Brink, tells the story of the financial insecurity of Americas families through the eyes of women. It finds that one-third of women are living near the brink of poverty despite making up half the U.S. workforce and two-thirds of the primary or co-breadwinners in their families.
Obama has been pressing Republicans to agree to extend unemployment insurance as he prepares to highlight income inequality in his State of the Union address on Jan. 28.
Shriver is a niece of President John F. Kennedy. She also is the wife of former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Read more: http://www.salon.com/2014/01/13/maria_shriver_to_meet_with_obama_on_tuesday/
niyad
(113,291 posts)Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)Article, hyper-link to a download of the report, and VIDEO here: http://www.msnbc.com/melissa-harris-perry/shriver-report-confronts-wage-gap-poverty
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)Putting women at the forefront of economic solutions
Women are oftentimes on the receiving end of income inequality, stagnant wages, and poor job growth. Maria Shriver joins to talk about The Shriver Report: A Womans Nation Pushes Back from the Brink.
VIDEO here: http://www.msnbc.com/melissa-harris-perry/watch/putting-women-at-the-forefront-of-the-economy-114740803898
Tx4obama
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Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)Bet they're nowhere near the level of her qualifications - someone who got her bachelor of arts degree in American studies from Georgetown University.
cosmicone
(11,014 posts)and former reporter for NBC News
prairierose
(2,145 posts)"architects of the War on Poverty". This report carries on that work by focusing on the economic problems of women in the US. 1/3 of US women live in or on the edge of poverty. That is a significant number and a significant problem that we need to be talking about and doing something about.
Cha
(297,196 posts)Thanks DV