There are 7 article(s) tagged Elena Delavega:

• December 2023

  • Lettuce help: Community gardeners bring know-how to bridge food gap

    A new generation of community gardeners is helping Memphis overcome food insecurity with urban farms and lessons in growth. 

    By Keely Brewer December 03, 2023

• January 2021

  • Letter to the Editor: Pandemic widens the gulf between ‘haves, have nots’

    ‘Those whose careers and income streams remained intact see the pandemic very differently than those who have lost their vocations and their income, and fear losing their homes,’” writes Rev. Dr. Dorothy Sanders Wells.

    By Letters to the Editor January 29, 2021

• September 2020

  • Memphis-area poverty rate drops slightly

    Even with declines in the poverty rate for Memphis and Shelby County, there is not much movement on who is poor and where they live.

    By Linda A. Moore September 19, 2020

• February 2020

  • Hispanic poverty rate in Memphis dropping rapidly

    The 2019 numbers in the Memphis Poverty Fact Sheet showed an increase in the poverty rate for almost every group in Memphis, except for Hispanics.

    By Elena Delavega, Gregory Miles Blumenthal February 03, 2020

  • Indigence among us

    Cutting poverty and increasing the financial security of all Americans ought to be a political objective, if not obsession.

    By Bryce W. Ashby, Michael J. LaRosa February 03, 2020

• December 2019

  • We can solve Memphis poverty

    The city needs efficient public transportation, a living wage and subsidized day care to adequately address poverty. 

    By Elena Delavega, Gregory Miles Blumenthal December 01, 2019

• September 2019

  • Report: Shelby County, Memphis poverty increases despite good economy

    Poverty rates for Memphis and Shelby County rose in the past year despite a strong statewide economy and even as Hispanic residents made significant progress, according to a report based on the latest Census figures.

    By Sam Stockard September 26, 2019