Poverty

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Welfare Caseloads Rising

From usatoday.com
May 5th, 2008
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usatoday.com — Federal data for the last half of 2007 show welfare rolls rose about 0.6 percent, and 27 states reported increases. That follows a decline of 68 percent since a Cointon-area federal law imposed work requirements, time limits and penalties for recipients who don't follow the rules.

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Europe asked to boost anti-poverty aid

From businessweek.com
April 10th, 2008
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businessweek.com — The European Union's aid chief warned EU nations on Wednesday to increase their assistance to poor countries to meet promises to halve extreme poverty around the world by 2015.

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Global Extreme Poverty

Submitted by Alex Carter
April 9th, 2008

Globally about 1 billion people still live in extreme poverty.

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Lesley Wroughton. "Global poverty to halve by 2015, Africa lags-report." Reuters.April 8, 2008.
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Global poverty to halve by 2015, Africa lags

From africa.reuters.com
April 9th, 2008
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africa.reuters.com — The world is on course to halve extreme poverty by 2015, but Africa will fall far short of the U.N.'s Millennium Development Goals, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday.

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Hunger Pains

From washingtonpost.com
April 8th, 2008
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washingtonpost.com — The economic downturn and rising prices are forcing many families to turn to charities for groceries, putting additional pressure on food banks that were already struggling to keep their shelves stocked.

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Stumbling Blocks

By Michael Kwiatkowski
March 3rd, 2008

People don't choose to enter into poverty, nor do they choose to stay there. Things happen. People get sick or injured. Workers are laid off. Extended bouts of unemployment turn prospective employers off. Stumbling blocks. They're killers. And the worst part is, so many in this country remain lethally ignorant of them. more »

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Conservatism -> High Energy Costs -> Foreclosures -> Starving Citizens

By Bill Scher
December 27th, 2007

My local paper in Western Mass., the Daily Hampshire Gazette (sub. req'd), today reported on the strain being put upon area food banks.

Food banks across Massachusetts, already hobbled by state and federal budget cuts, are struggling to meet the increasing demands of a faltering economy beset by the mortgage debacle and higher food and energy costs. more »

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Jackson Takes on Bush Subprime Relief Plan

From washingtonpost.com
December 10th, 2007
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washingtonpost.com — Jackson plans a march on Wall Street, and calls Bush administration plan "very little, very late," and says Bush "brings an umbrella when people need a tent."

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Katrina Recovery Reveals Stark Divide

From washingtonpost.com
November 26th, 2007
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Wanna Talk Values?

By Rhonda Soto, TomPaine.com
November 26th, 2007
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Too many buy the argument that "poor values" explain the plight of the black poor. more »

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