American Poverty

Obama Condones Same-Sex Marriage; When Will He Condemn Poverty?

Lauren Brown Jarvis | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Tavis Smiley, Cornel West, Poverty, President Obama, America, Economy, Pew Research Center, Poor, Pew Charitable Trusts, Economic Mobility, Same-Sex Marriage, American Poverty, Politics News
Lauren Brown Jarvis

Tavis Smiley believes America has the power to completely eradicate poverty amongst its citizens in a little as ten years. He questions how America could allow the dreams of its people to transform into a nightmare.

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Where the unemployment rate is 70%

nytimes.com | NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Native Americans, Politics News, Tribal Lands, Indian Reservations, Poverty, American Poverty, Politics News

This sprawling Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is a Connecticut-sized zone of prairie and poverty, where the have-nots are defined less by the money the...

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Poor People Turned To Desperate Measures When Welfare Failed Them

nytimes.com | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Welfare Limits, Welfare, Welfare Problems, Poverty, Food Stamps, American Poverty, Welfare Reform, The Breakdown, Business News

PHOENIX -- Perhaps no law in the past generation has drawn more praise than the drive to "end welfare as we know it," which joined the late-'90s econo...

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Tom Zeller Jr.

For America's Least Fortunate, The Grip Of Poverty Spans Generations

HuffingtonPost.com | Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 03.02.2012

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PITTSBURGH -- In the basement of Hill House, a community center just outside of this city's bustling downtown, Brooklyn Davis clutches a plastic fork ...

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Who Will Feed the Children?

Renee Parsons | Posted 04.16.2012

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Renee Parsons

Since Ted Kennedy's passing, not one member of Congress out of 525 has stepped up to champion poor children -- not one bleeding heart liberal, not one self-proclaimed Christian has come forward to be the voice for homeless and hungry children.

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Starting the Right Conversations About Hunger

Vicki B. Escarra | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Tavis Smiley, Budget Debates, Hunger, Poverty, Budget Cuts, Low-Income, American Poverty, Impact News
Vicki B. Escarra

American families are struggling, and their needs must have a place in our legislation and our budget dialogues. But sadly, they are too many times, pushed aside.

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Where Is the American Dream Today?

Tiziana Dearing | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: American Wealth Vanishes, Wealth Inequality, American Poverty, US Poverty, Wealth Gap, Wealth Disparity, Politics News
Tiziana Dearing

The poor are getting poorer. They are increasingly being isolated into ever-poorer neighborhoods, which makes it that much harder to break out.

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The New Face Of American Poverty Is Often A Child's

Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Child Poverty in America, Christianity, Child Poverty, Poverty, American Child Poverty, American Poverty, Poverty in America, Video, Religion News

By G. Jeffrey MacDonald Religion News Service OAKTOWN, Ind. (RNS) Eleven-year-old Sarai Camacho of Donna, Texas, tears up when she tells why her m...

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Gallup: More Americans Are Struggling To Eat Than Chinese

Posted 12.12.2011

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Millions of Americans are currently weathering the effects of a slow economic recovery. Many Chinese, meanwhile, find themselves struggling less to ke...

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Study: Recession Pushed 25 Percent Of Young U.S. Children Into Poverty

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Child Poverty, American Poverty, Unemployment Rate, Third World America, Business News, Census Poverty, U.S. Poverty Rate, Joblessness, Recession, Business News

Twenty-five percent of very young children in America are living in poverty, according to an analysis of Census data released Thursday. The number...

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America Can't Be Saved From the Top

Rev. Jesse Jackson | Posted 10.18.2011

Read More: Working Poor, US Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, American Poverty, Poverty in America, US Poverty, Jesse Jackson, Child Poverty, Economic Crisis, Poverty Rates, Black Voices News
Rev. Jesse Jackson

America can't be saved from the top down. The ship is leaking from the bottom. The debates on the campaign trail and in Washington must not continue to focus on topside staterooms while ignoring the damage below.

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How To Save America's Middle Class

The Atlantic | Don Peck | Posted 10.14.2011

Read More: The Great Recession, Poverty, Economic Inequality, American Poverty, Third World America, Wealth Gap, Rich vs. Poor, Politics News

IN OCTOBER 2005, three Citigroup analysts released a report describing the pattern of growth in the U.S. economy. To really understand the future of t...

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Small, Median and Obscenely Large: There's Nothing Average About the Middle Class

Tony Phillips | Posted 08.21.2011

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Tony Phillips

SAN DIEGO -- I live with my wife and a 13-year-old and while each of us is different, we do all agree on some fundamental issues. Here are three thing...

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The State of Brick City

Marc Levin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marc Levin

We're at war -- not just in Afghanistan and Iraq -- but right here on the home front, where the battle plays out at the local level across America.

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Poverty And Thanksgiving: A Call To Righteous Love

Rev. Peter Morales | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rev. Peter Morales

The growing gap between rich and poor harms us all. We can choose a better way. Let us share the bounty of the earth. There is enough for everyone at the Thanksgiving table.

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U.S. Hunger Remains At Record High, Religious Leader Hopeful

Posted 05.25.2011

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By Whitney Jones Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) The number of Americans struggling with hunger remained stable in 2009 despite the economic d...

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Child Nutrition: Silence in Response to 44 Million Americans Below the Poverty Line

Billy Shore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Poverty Statistics, Child Nutrition Reauthoriziation, Poverty Line, American Poverty, Snap, Supplemental Nutition Assistance Program, Impact News
Billy Shore

Here's a philosophical variation of the "if a tree falls in a forest" question for you: if 44 million Americans fall below the poverty line, and no one hears it, do they make any sound?

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Remember the War On Poverty?

Saul Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Saul Friedman

According to the Census Bureau, there were nearly 40 million American men, women and children struggling in poverty in 2008 -- before the full effects of the downturn were felt.

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