Urban Poverty

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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A Look Into The Harrowing Living Conditions Of Millions Of Children

AP | OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ | Posted 04.29.2012

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MEXICO CITY — Millions of children are growing up in squalid urban areas and denied basic services despite living close to them, the United Nati...

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As More Affluent Blacks Leave Cities, Income Gap Widening: Census

AP | JESSE WASHINGTON | Posted 02.07.2012

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What happens within the black community when the gap widens between the poor and the affluent? That's one question raised by new census data showing w...

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Water and Sanitation Are Key to Fighting Urban Poverty

Jan Eliasson | Posted 12.03.2011

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Jan Eliasson

We know that the slums will keep on growing. But we also know that we have the opportunity to avoid condemning millions to chronic poverty. We need to act now.

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Urbanization of Poverty

Jonathan Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jonathan Lewis

Megalopolises, teeming with people, pollution and poverty, may not be an attractive lifestyle for you. But, urban life is the future for most of the world's poor.

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Migration Bust: Fast-Growing U.S. Areas Show Big Income Drop, Census Reports

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Call it the migration bust: Many of the fast-growing U.S. areas during the housing boom are now yielding some of the biggest income dro...

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Why Would You Want to be Homeless? (VIDEO)

Paul Bowers | Posted 05.25.2011

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Paul Bowers

Here's the idea: On March 7, my roommate and I will head outside in Columbia, S.C. For one week, we will leave behind almost everything except the clothes on our backs. Our purpose? To document the homeless experience in our city firsthand.

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Suburban Poverty Surges: The 11 Cities Hit The Hardest (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Over the last decade, much of the conversation surrounding poverty in America has focused on the urban poor. But according to a report released by the...

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