by Nathan Mayo | Dec 3, 2020 | Policy Analysis
Nathan Mayo Director of Member Services This article was originally published on RealClearPolicy.com on December 2, 2020. “Researchers gave thousands of dollars to homeless people. The results defied stereotypes.” “Cash transfers help homeless to find stable housing...
by Savannah Aleckson | Nov 13, 2020 | Policy Analysis
Savannah Aleckson Regional Director for Joplin, MO, Area & Events Director This article was also published on RealClearPolicy.com on December 7, 2020. I was reminded of the lost art of “truth in love” recently while volunteering with Watered Gardens Ministries’...
by Nathan Mayo | Aug 6, 2020 | Policy Analysis
Nathan Mayo Director of Member Services “We normally see 30 to 40 clients a day,” said the manager of a Joplin, Missouri food pantry. “Since the pandemic, we’ve seen a sharp decrease in number of clients, sometimes as few as four a day.” This is not what I expected to...
by James Whitford | Jul 9, 2020 | Policy Analysis
James Whitford Executive Director Versions of this article were also published by The Federalist and The Joplin Globe. Face masks are “all we’ve got right now to fight this virus, and it is up to each one of us to do our part,” Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly told reporters...
by Savannah Aleckson | Apr 16, 2020 | Policy Analysis
By Savannah Aleckson, published in the Joplin Globe on May 3rd, 2020 It’s been a historic year already, and we’re not even halfway through 2020. From the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak here in the United States, to the subsequent bottoming out of the stock...
by James Whitford | Sep 2, 2019 | Policy Analysis
I love our fight for civil society. It’s not just Joplin. Communities throughout the Midwest fight to retain hospitality and restore neighborliness while volunteers care for their community members struggling in poverty. The fight for civil society is a worthy one,...