America Poverty

Preying on the Poor

Barbara Ehrenreich | Posted 05.17.2012

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Barbara Ehrenreich

Lenders, including major credit companies as well as payday lenders, have taken over the traditional role of the street-corner loan shark, charging the poor insanely high rates of interest.

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Culture of Poverty in America

Linetta J. Gilbert | Posted 04.12.2012

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Linetta J. Gilbert

The culture of poverty, i.e., the environment, institutions, individual behaviors, policies and practices of poverty in the U.S., have affected those who experience poverty as well as those who are observers to its conditions.

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The State of the Union Is Unequal: 10 Things Presidential Candidates Should Know About Inequality

Sarah Burd-Sharps | Posted 02.13.2012

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Sarah Burd-Sharps

As the presidential campaign heats up, here are ten things the candidates should understand about why extreme inequality is toxic for America.

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Remaking America: From Poverty to Prosperity

Byron Williams | Posted 03.12.2012

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Byron Williams

If there remains an unspoken Faustian bargain to not hear the cries of the poor, what should we expect when they reach the "Fannie Lou Hamer moment?" Hamer, a civil rights heroine, famously opined: "I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired."

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Arthur Delaney

Total Number Of Americans In Poverty Swells To All-Time Record

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.13.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Even though the Great Recession technically ended in 2009, incomes fell, poverty rose and the number of Americans without health insuran...

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6 Ways To Make A Difference For Poor Americans

Tonic | Posted 05.25.2011

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One in seven Americans live under the poverty line, according to the latest census data. That doesn't mean they have to live in poverty. Never in the...

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More Americans Are Going Hungry : Report

The Washington Post | Amy Goldstein | Posted 11.17.2011

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The number of Americans who lack dependable access to adequate food shot up last year to 49 million, the largest number since the government has been ...

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