The family of a North Philadelphia grandmother who was badly injured in a hit-and-run crash said the driver got out of the car and looked at the injured woman before taking off.
proud i am of tianna. she clear, bold, smart, confident. i tell you, she spoke for millions of americans. thank you, tianna. continue to raise your voice and make sure that policymakers especially hear what it means to juggle and to live on such minimal wages. here you are working and your husband s working and you re living off barely $16,000 a year. i mean, that is a shame and disgrace. we ve got to do better. i tell you, when republicans respond like that, it s almost as if they re living in another world. first of all, mthe majority of people such as tianna who need a safety net to help them, it s a bridge over troubled water. the majority of people don t want public assistance. they want to work. they want a good paying job. this recession has hit especially women and people of color in a very tragic way. it s been disproportionate. the unemployment rate, once again, is double digit excuse
go to washington to speak at a house budget committee hearing on the war on poverty. at the time the chairman of the committee, congressman paul ryan said no, because democrats had already named the one witness they were allotted. tianna was invited to submit written testimony instead. but this past wednesday tianna finally had her chance to be heard, out loud, when the house budget committee convened another hearing on poverty and here is our msnbc original report. my name is tianna gaines-turner and i m a 35, married mother of three. and i have the exciting news is that i was asked to come down to the budget committee and testify on the war on poverty. i have been homeless twice. the first place we were living
which is what we tell our children to do. and many of these young people try to follow that good advice, but as your statistic at the outset indicated, with little success, only 4% of the children we classify as urban disadvantaged, low income at the outset, at 28 had a bachelors degree and only another percentage or so had an associated arts degree, even though 30% started college. that feels to me like that finding alone is going to be a little shocking to so many people. tianna, obviously you have three beautiful children who undoubtedly you help through school and you re telling them to, you know, achieve. are you surprised to find out that so many from your community are unlikely to actually make it through college? no, i m not surprised at all. i m actually saddened by the fact because, you know, a lot of people try hard every day, you know, but like i said, it seems like when you re in poverty, you re thrown so many hurdles your way, you know. i ve met students before that