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Why I'm Living on $1.50 a Day

Michael Trainer | Posted 05.11.2012

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Today I am living on $1.50 for all of my food and drink costs. Why? Because 1.4 billion people around the world don't have the option, and because I want to support a friend who showed me how to be a better man, a more gracious leader, and a more inspired human being.

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TWITTER SLIDESHOW: Minka Kelly, Nick Lachey, Others, Live On $1.50 A Day For Poverty Awareness

Posted 05.10.2012

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A new campaign is challenging people to eat just $1.50 worth of food for five days -- as 1.4 billion people currently do every day. Live Below the ...

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Opportunity Missed

Amira Mohsen Galal | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Egypt, Islam, Secularism, Arab Spring, Egypt Revolution, Poverty Line, Tunisia Elections, Egypt Elections, Islamists, World News

Although the early uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt were markedly secular and free of ideology, it was Islamists in both countries that swept the board in recent parliamentary elections. Where did it go wrong for Arab liberal secularists? How can they reconnect with the masses?

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The 10 States Taxing The Poor Most

24/7 Wall St. | Charles B. Stockdale | Posted 04.14.2012

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24/7 Wall St.: In an effort to help families work their way out of poverty, most of the United States do not tax the incomes of working-poor families....

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New Poverty High: Revised Census Formula Shows 49.1 Million

AP | By HOPE YEN | Posted 01.07.2012

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By HOPE YEN, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The ranks of America's poor are greater than previously known, reaching a new level of 49.1 million - or ...

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Government Aid Keeps Millions Out Of Poverty [GRAPHIC]

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.15.2011

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Prevalent as poverty is in the United States, it'd be a lot worse without government aid. As seen in the below infographic by the Center For Ameri...

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Working To End Poverty In U.S. Communities

HuffingtonPost.com | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 10.18.2011

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Scott Miller wants to eradicate poverty in America by working with one financially struggling family at a time. No doubt this is a challenging pr...

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California's Food Stamp Red Tape Leaves Millions Hungry

Sacramento News & Review | Posted 09.01.2011

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One day last month, Monica Turner received a notice in the mail that tested her usually upbeat personality. Out of work since October and supporting t...

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India's Stingy Definition Of Poverty Excludes Millions In Need

AP | MUNEEZA NAQVI | Posted 07.27.2011

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NEW DELHI — Every day, through scorching summers and chilly winters, Himmat pedals his bicycle rickshaw through New Delhi's crowded streets, ear...

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Highlighting the Plight of the Poor

Hugh Evans | Posted 07.20.2011

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The Global Poverty Project welcomed recent questions about our 'Live Below The Line' campaign. Debating the merits of what we do and why we do it is integral to who we are.

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Does 'Living Below The Line' Really Help Those In Extreme Poverty?

Posted 07.18.2011

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May 16 to 20 is The Global Poverty Project's (GPP) 'Live Below the Line' week. The project has challenged participants to eat only $1.50 worth of food...

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Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chile, Poverty Statistics, Poverty Line 2010, US Poverty, Poverty, Federal Poverty Line 2010, Poverty Line, President Pinera Chile, Chilean Miners, President-Pinera, Home News

(SANTIAGO, CHILE) A surprising number of the conservatives I've met here -- starting with President Piñera -- talk about the goal of eliminating poverty in their country by the end of the decade. The number of U.S. politicians -- including liberal ones -- eager to have that conversation has been dwindling, even as the number of Americans living below the poverty line has been growing (it's now 1 in 7). Piñera exudes a sense of urgency, as though there is not a moment to waste. His line of attack mirrors the approach he took with the trapped Chilean miners. His experts offered him three different strategies to try to get them out. Do all three at the same time, he ordered. "That," he told me, "is what I would do if it were my children in the mine." How different things might be here if our leaders took the same approach to the millions of Americans trapped by the economic crisis.

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Does Geography Limit Compassion?

Mark Hanlon | Posted 05.25.2011

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When we are tempted by fear to pull back and only look at the statistics at home, it is exactly the time to use "global bifocals." We have the ability to meet needs at home and balance them with the needs of our neighbors far away.

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Our Future Looks Poorer

Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Being American gives you 1 in 7 chance of being poor.

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

Billy Shore | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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How Do We Alleviate Poverty If We Can't Even Define It?

Peg Chemberlin | Posted 05.25.2011

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As costs rise in nearly every aspect of life, low-income people are forced to bear an increasingly heavy yoke. And as long as our systems for determining who should receive aid are based on outdated models, these people have no hope for relief.

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Changing the Federal Poverty Measure...or Not

Diana M. Pearce | Posted 05.25.2011

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An accurate measure must be created that truly reflects the 21st century realities facing the working poor. Only then can we hope to find who, where and why we still have poverty in the world's richest nation.

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Child Poverty Rate In Colorado Has Grown More Than Any Other State Since 2000

The Denver Post | Karen Auge | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joshua Richardson's days unfold about like any 4-year-old's. His mom, LaKetra Richardson, pulls him from under his Spider-Man covers way too early ev...

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Food Stamps Will Feed Half Of US Kids, Study Says

AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Nearly half of all U.S. children and 90 percent of black youngsters will be on food stamps at some point during childhood, and fallout...

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