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Clive Crook: The American Dream Needs Repair

Clive Crook | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Welfare, Children, US Poverty, Welfare Reform, Economy, Social Policies, Economic Mobility, Recession, Fiscal Policy, Education, Centrism, American Dream, Opportunity Society, Poor, Brookings Institution, Business News

Sooner or later the US will find itself grappling with an immense fiscal problem. The recession and stimulus have combined to produce record-breaking ...

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The New Surge: Overcoming Poverty in America

Douglas Forbes | Posted 11.17.2009 | Impact

Read More: Child Poverty, Department of Defense, Homelessness, US Poverty, War, Family Promise, The Heritage Foundation, Doug Forbes, Impact News
Douglas Forbes

The population of New York, Florida and Washington D.C. combined represents the number of Americans who must currently choose between food or gas, between a doctor's visit or an electric bill... between life and death.

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State Poverty Rate Jumps 1.5 Percent In New Census Data

AP | Posted 09.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Poverty Rate, Illinois Poverty, Poverty, US Poverty, Recession, Chicago News

New data shows about 240,000 more Illinoisans lived in poverty in 2008 compared with 2000 and researchers say those statistics don't fully reflect the...

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Beer, Cigarettes and Flat Screen TVs: Targeting the Poor in Times of Economic Crisis

C. Nicole Mason | Posted 11.09.2009 | Home

Read More: AIG Bailout, Temporary Aid to Needy Families, Aig, Tanf, Poverty, Economic Stimulus Package, Race, US Poverty, Social-Policies, Investment Banks, Middle Class, Home Buyer's Credit, Home News
C. Nicole Mason

When it comes to lending a helping hand to poor people, there seems to be a double standard. The government requires states to match funds for poverty relief, while banks get stimulus money without a fee.

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The Devil They Know: Biography of an American Inmate

Mark Olmsted | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Drug Addiction, Single Mothers, Child Abuse, US Poverty, Recidivism, Prison, Violence, Alcohol Abuse, American Prisoner Description, American Prison Inmates, Prison Inmates, Politics News
Mark Olmsted

A system which punishes the poor for reacting unexceptionally to their poverty has created a criminal class which views prison as a sort of career.

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The False Premises of "Welfare Reform"

Louise Marie Roth | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Single Mothers, US Poverty, Welfare Reform, Welfare, Economic Recession, Children's Health, Politics News
Louise Marie Roth

There is growing evidence that the neediest families are falling through the welfare cracks under the new regime, especially in this weak economy.

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Culture in NYC ? Bring Lots of Cash

David Jones | Posted 08.08.2009 | Local

Read More: Poverty, Natural History Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, US Poverty, Guggenheim Museum, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, Local News
David Jones

Cultural institutions which used to be free or very low cost have increased their admission fees to make it virtually impossible for anyone but the upper middle class and wealthy from attending them.

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Poverty in America: A Relative Term

David Beckmann | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Poverty, H.R. 2909, U.S. Poverty, Anti-Poverty-Measures, Food Costs, Helping the Poor, Politics News
David Beckmann

Measuring poverty in a way that more accurately reflects today's demands on a family's budget is necessary to ensure that no family is left behind.

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An Oldie, but not so Goodie: Updating the U.S. Poverty Measure

C. Nicole Mason | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Economy, Women, Senate, Congress, US Poverty, Middle Class, Christopher Dodd, Obama Administration, Task Force on Middle Class Working Families, War on Poverty, Jim McDermott, Politics News
C. Nicole Mason

There has been a lot of sexy talk about cutting poverty in half over the next 10 years. How is that going to happen if we don't have an accurate measure of how many poor people there are living in the US.

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Showing Up for "The Soloist"

Carol Smaldino | Posted 07.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Joe Write, Colonialism, Steve Lopez, The Soloist, Carol Smaldino, Homelessness, US Poverty, Schizophrenia, Racism, Jamie Foxx, Accountability, Robert Downey Jr, Compassion, Entertainment News
Carol Smaldino

This is a film that can be so moving in stunningly powerful ways that it may be tempting to avoid watching it.

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America's Poor Give The Most To Charity

McClatchy | Frank Greve | Posted 06.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Charitable Organizations, Charity Giving by Income, Wealth, US Poverty, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Charitable Giving, Wealth Gap, Business News

WASHINGTON -- When Jody Richards saw a homeless man begging outside a downtown McDonald's recently, he bought the man a cheeseburger. There's nothing ...

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Of No Fixed Address: Red Tape

Christopher Devine | Posted 06.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Homelessness, US Poverty, Identification, Alcoholism, Chicago Homeless, Illinois Identification Card Act, Chicago News
Christopher Devine

Overpriced ID cards may not be at the root of homelessness, but they do make for one hell of a stumbling block.

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We Can Pay for Education Today - Or Prisons Tomorrow

Sarah Burd-Sharps | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Prison Reform, Education, Poverty, Education Reform, US Poverty, Prison, Poverty Rates, Politics News
Sarah Burd-Sharps

It's tempting to say education can wait. But that would be shortsighted in ways both foolish and tragic.

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Shared Responsibility to Help the Most Vulnerable Kids

Mark Shriver | Posted 06.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Jamie Lee Curtis, Kyra Sedgwick, Toys, Poverty, Julianne Moore, Charity, US Poverty, Children, Jennifer Garner, Toys R Us, Save the Children, Giving, Living News
Mark Shriver

Last week, Save the Children Ambassador Jennifer Garner and I lobbied DC decision-makers to support an additional funding for private and public early-childhood-education programs.

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The G-20 and the Class of 2020

Mark Shriver | Posted 05.03.2009 | World

Read More: Education, Poverty, Children's Health, US Poverty, Children, G-20, London-United Kingdom, United Kingdom, World News
Mark Shriver

While we all want the leaders gathered in London to deliver recovery in the months and years ahead, they should also act on the enduring lesson of this economic catastrophe: prevention.

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Of No Fixed Address: The Curse of the Irish

Christopher Devine | Posted 04.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Poverty, Homelessness, US Poverty, Alcoholism, Chicago Irish, Chicago Homeless, Oral History, Homeless Immigrants, Chicago News
Christopher Devine

'I used to see guys who were on the street and homeless, and I just never fathomed that it could be me one day.'

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Poor People Happier Than Rich People for the First Time in History

David Henry Sterry | Posted 03.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Rich People, Carla Crandall, Poverty, Economic Stimulus Package, President Obama, US Poverty, Economic Crisis, Bernard Madoff, Money, Economy, Barack Obama, Living News
David Henry Sterry

Experts claim this is because the lifestyle of poor people has barely changed with the economic downturn. They were below the poverty before, and they're below the poverty level now.

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The Stimulus Package and SAT Scores

Anita Weinberg | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sat Scores, Poverty, US Poverty, Low-Income, Jobs, Obama Job Creation, Stimulus, Obama Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, Lead Paint, Spending, Stimulus Package, Mental Retardation, Illinois, Economic Stimulus, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Job Creation, Politics News
Anita Weinberg

Aside from the obvious health benefits, lead removal from homes would accomplish the what the stimulus seeks -- creating jobs and reversing the economic impacts for low-income families.

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Black AIDS Day

Gloria Reuben | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Centers for Disease Control, Whites, Latinos, Poverty, Statistics, US Poverty, National Black Aids Awareness Day, Siecus, AIDs Epidemic, Hiv, Race, Barack Obama, Sex Education, HIV/AIDS, Black People, Education, AIDS Awareness, Blacks, Caucasians, Health, Disease, Sex, Poverty and Health, Aids, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, African-Americans, African Americans, Antiretroviral Drugs, Politics News
Gloria Reuben

We must turn a critical eye inward, and face the fact that HIV/AIDS has reached crisis levels among the Black population of the US. The statistics are startling.

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It's Time to Rethink Our Welfare Policy

Seth Freed Wessler | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Welfare, Helping the Needy, Poverty, Money, US Poverty, Welfare Reform, Economy, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, The New York Times, United States, Race, Detroit, New York Times, Aid to Families With Dependent Children, Safety Net Organizations, Minority, Welfare Policy, Michigan, Minorities, Politics News
Seth Freed Wessler

A society cannot survive without a safety net and we don't have one during the worst economic crisis in decades.

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Senate Republicans: Please Help

Sally Kohn | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Republicans, President Obama, Manhattan, Welfare, Community Reinvestment Act, Poverty, Obama Stimulus, US Poverty, Economy, Middle Class, Economic Crisis, Democrats, Hardships, Stimulus, Obama Stimulus Plan, Wall Street, Homelessness, Stimulus Package, Homeless, Economic Stimulus, Alan Greenspan, Republican Party, Health Problems, Politics News
Sally Kohn

While conservatives would have us think that the crisis we're in is a fluke, the reality is that we have all been standing on the curb of opportunity for far too long as prosperity passed us by.

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Coal Waste in Rep. Nick Joe Rahall's Water

Dave Cooper | Posted 02.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Prenter, Coal Ash, Mountaintop Removal, Tva, Slurry, Rawl, Coal Waste, Rahall, TVA Spill, Poverty, US Poverty, Big Coal, West Virginia, Coal, TVA Coal, Unsafe Drinking Water, Video, Tennessee, Water, Environment, Kentucky, TVA Disaster, Green News
Dave Cooper

The coal industry doesn't want any regulation on coal waste, because it would hurt their corporate profits.

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Dr. King's Other Dream: Ending Poverty

Joel Berg | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Martin Luther King Jr., Poverty, Mlk, Martin Luther King, War on Poverty, US Poverty, Racial Equality, Community Service, End to Hunger, Charity, Obama Inauguration, Food Crisis, MLK Assasination, Barack Obama Inauguration, New York City, Hunger, Dreams, Martin Luther King Assassination, Politics News
Joel Berg

Had America ever chosen to do so, it could have wiped out domestic poverty and hunger far more rapidly than it could have achieved King's goals of racial equality or world peace.

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The Tale of the Tape: Child Almost Gets Left Behind

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 12.18.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Child Poverty, Poverty and Education, Chicago Poverty, Fighting Poverty, Poverty, War on Poverty, US Poverty, Education, No Child Left Behind, Chicago News
Esther J. Cepeda

The way to ensure no children get "left behind" isn't more cash to schools, it's more resources to people.

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Barack Obama is Not My President

Sara Catania | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Psychology, Political Psychology, HuffPost Election Reaction, HuffPost Election Analysis, Richard Nixon, Obama Presidency, Barack Obama, Race, US Poverty, Poverty, Class, Politics News
Sara Catania

We do not choose the presidents who are truly ours, who shape our lives and our psyches. They are chosen for us when we are too young to vote.

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