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Report: More Illinois Children Living in Poverty and Financially Unstable Homes
(www.publicnewsservice.org)
CHICAGO - An increasing number of Illinois children and families are slipping into poverty and facing uncertain financial futures, according to the latest "Kids Count Data Book." It says the... More
Submitted 7 months ago by raquelbrown | 0 Comments |
Obama's Quiet Fight Against Poverty
(www.thenation.com)
At a the forum "Obama at 100: A Progress Report from The Nation" held on April 21, 2009 Deepak Bhargava, Executive Director Center for Community Change, lauded the early progress the Obama... More
Submitted 9 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
All-Consuming Poverty
(www.inthesetimes.com)
The upside of the current depression is that Wall Street greed and Washington corruption show as starkly as blood on a white shirt. When we are not being screwed by rigged odds, overpaid executives... More
Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
Report: Recession Will Push Thousands More Children into Poverty
(www.publicnewsservice.org)
A study linking current unemployment with future poverty finds a dramatic increase in poverty rates as the recession deepens in Virginia. As unemployment worsens in the state, there will be a... More
Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
A New Year's Resolution to End Poverty in New Mexico (www.publicnewsservice.org)
Chances are good that half the children you see in the Land of Enchantment come from poor families - maybe more. Unemployment in New Mexico rose by over a third in 2008, and that's bad news for the 45... More
Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
A Christmas Prayer to End Poverty in New Hampshire
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A Christmas prayer for New Hampshire to end poverty comes from Children's Defense Fund President Marian Wright Edelman, who says it's time to raise a mighty voice to reset what she calls the greed... More
Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
Bailouts Dwarf Spending on Climate, Poverty Crises | OneWorld.net (U.S.)
(us.oneworld.net)
Developed countries have committed 40 times more money to rescue financial firms than they are spending to fight climate change and poverty in the developing world, says a Washington, DC-based think... More
Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
5 Pieces of Advice for the New Paupers
(www.alternet.org)
Little did I know that when I lost everything last year, I was doing research. At the time I thought it was just stupidity or bad luck or both. But now that the economy's crashing, it turns out I've... More
Submitted about 1 year ago by klarajo | 0 Comments |
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