Cumberland County Progressives
More Americans living alone as milestones slip later in life
More Americans living alone as milestones slip later in life
More than a quarter of American households are made up of people living alone as the ranks of senior citizens swell and younger Americans continue to delay life milestones that previous generations reached earlier in life.
There were 37 million one-person households in the United States in 2021, the U.S. Census Bureau reported this week, representing 28 percent of all households across the country and 15 percent of the overall population.
In 1960, just 13 percent of households were occupied by just one person. In the past decade, the number of Americans living alone jumped by 4 million.
New Data Reveals Black Small Business Owners Are Disappointed in President Biden
New Data Reveals Black Small Business Owners Are Disappointed in President Biden
"According to new data Black small business owners expectations for changes in government policies and regulations continue a downward slide. Many of us took a huge sigh of relief when Joe Biden officially took office in January. Now, nearly a year into his term, Black small business owners aren’t holding their..."
New York City Announces First-in-Nation Vaccine Mandate For Private Employers
New York City Announces First-in-Nation Vaccine Mandate For Private Employers
"New York City will require all private employers to mandate their workers get vaccinated against COVID-19 by December 27th, with no testing option as an alternative. It’s the most aggressive vaccine mandate yet by any state or big city in the U.S. Mayor Bill de Blasio said the mandate could help prevent a winter surge of new infections.
Mayor Bill de Blasio: “I describe the actions we’re taking today as a preemptive strike, get ahead of this problem before it deepens, and use the thing that works—vaccination.”
Nearly 90 percent of New York City adult residents have at least one vaccine dose — a higher rate than the national average. This comes as COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths continue to rise rapidly nationwide. The official U.S. death toll from the pandemic is now on pace to pass 800,000 by the end of the year."
Pandemic Prompts More Black Americans to Take Up Urban Gardening to End “Food Apartheid”
Pandemic Prompts More Black Americans to Take Up Urban Gardening to End “Food Apartheid”
"Before coronavirus shutdowns gave Mike Daniels an unexpected furlough, he hadn’t thought much about urban gardening, though he’d heard as a youngster about his great grandmother tilling the soil. Yet weeks into the pandemic, the former bowling alley attendant turned his Lawton, Oklahoma, backyard into a “mini-food forest,” feeding family and friends with zucchini, tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers."