Guest Column: Young people need first jobs, internships to get their footing in real world of work

Jonathan Rothschild

Guest Column: Young people need first jobs, internships to get their footing in real world of work

For the third in my four-part series on poverty in Tucson I'd like to talk about jobs - specifically, summer jobs for youth.

Littletown's dilapidated food bank has long history of neglected repairs

Everything's falling apart at the Greater Littletown Food Bank.

Littletown's dilapidated food bank has long history of neglected repairs

At the Greater Littletown Food Bank, a small separate storage facility is a mess, and walls appear to be crumbling. Pima County owns the land occupied by the food bank, and it provides free water.

Littletown's dilapidated food bank has long history of neglected repairs

Food bank President Chris Kingston is in the kitchen, where floor tiles are peeling or missing and you can feel the floor sinking when you walk in some areas. The small sink has no drain, so a vacuum is used to clean it out.

Public housing tenants owing rent will feel federal cuts 1st

Public housing residents who owe back rent will be the first evicted if the city is forced to scale back its rental subsidy program because of federal sequestration cuts, city officials said Friday.

Report: AZ is 2nd in income disparity

WASHINGTON - Arizona had the second-highest income inequality in the nation between 2008 and 2010, trailing only New Mexico for the gap between its richest and poorest residents, a new report says.

Report: Arizona had 2nd-highest gap between rich and poor

Arizona had the second-highest income inequality in the nation between 2008 and 2010, trailing only New Mexico for the gap between its richest and poorest residents, a new report says.

One-stop event to help Tucson homeless

Tucson Homeless Connect, along with Trinity Presbyterian Church, is having its ninth one-day, one stop event Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 400 E. University Blvd.

Tucson car show to benefit homeless women, kids

The Wings for Women Charity Car Show 2012 runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Desert Sports & Fitness, 3672 S. 16th Ave.

Working families struggle to get by

A growing number of Pima County's working families are stuck on a spinning wheel between poverty and self-sufficiency - a situation that cries out for public policy attention, a new report says.