Little mentioned on campaign trail, poverty widening in US
WASHINGTON - For all the talk by the presidential candidates about producing jobs, fixing the economy, and bolstering the country's middle class, a dispiriting prospect looms ahead of November's election: The nation's poverty rate is poised to rise to ...www.boston.com
America Has Less Poverty Than Sweden
This is not calculating poverty by the usual US method. This is using an internationally comparable method and it is the portion of the population living on less than 50% of median income for that country.www.forbes.com
Marriage is not antidote to poverty
A paper from the Heritage Foundation last week week recycles the 1992 election slogan that the best antidote to poverty is marriage.www.cnn.com
"The Poverty Tour 2.0" Hits the Road In Four Battleground States
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10, 2012 -- Tavis Smiley and Cornel West kick off the tour in Ohio, September 12, coinciding with the release of a new U.S.www.sacbee.com
Children really do live in poverty in Britain
But even if you question the internationally agreed measure of poverty behind these figures, you can't deny that real and disturbing hardship is growing in our country.www.telegraph.co.uk
Public school students and poverty
NOTE: There is a one percentage point difference in male and female Asian students attending both low- and high-poverty schools; a one percentage point difference in male and female black students attending high-poverty schools. | Source: National ...www.washingtonpost.com
Akst: Poverty is the school problem, not the solution
The U.S. has a much higher proportion of kids -- around 23 percent -- living in poverty than do comparable nations, and if you take the poor out of the equation, our schools stack up pretty well.www.newsday.com
'Forgotten Neighborhood' Underscores the Poverty of an Isolated Enclave
One resident, Maliha Hjila, is not sending her 14-year-old twin daughters to school this year because she has no money for books or backpacks.www.nytimes.com
Missing Pieces: Global Poverty, Manmohan Singh's Woes, and More
In this edition of Missing Pieces, Charles Landow highlights work on poverty, global economic trends, and aid, as well as developments in India.blogs.cfr.org
Poverty, pregnancy and marriage
Two weeks ago, Republicans adopted a platform that argued in favor of limiting marriage and requiring at least some women to pay more for birth control.www2.journalnow.com
Space vs. poverty debate in India similar to one raging in the United States
Mars Daily is reporting that Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was obliged recently to defend his country's space program, which involves the spending of billions of rupees when India still has a large number of people living in abject poverty. The ...www.examiner.com
Historic Home Tour in Poverty Ridge
On Sunday, September 16, 2012, SOCA will hold its 37th annual Historic Home Tour, featuring seven beautiful homes in the Poverty Ridge neighborhood. This year's tour includes the McClatchy House (now known as the Ella K. McClatchy Library) designed ...www.sacramentopress.com
Journalists Fail to Report On Poverty
"Poverty and inequality are the big story," said Nic Dawes, editor of the Mail & Guardian, but he acknowledged that the media seldom reported outside of the big urban areas and had been "awful" at raising awareness and understanding.allafrica.com
Southern Poverty Law Center claims Polk County guards abused teen inmates
The Southern Poverty Law Center filed suit in March on behalf of the parents of seven teenagers who claimed they suffered as a result of being subject to an "adult correctional model" in the Polk County jail, rather than being housed in a juvenile ...www.wtsp.com
Govt sets poverty reduction targets
The government has targeted to reduce extreme poverty rate to 25 percent by 2013 and 15 percent by 2021 from the existing 31.5 percent through continual implementation of different poverty alleviation and social safety net programmes in a more ...www.thedailystar.net
Near & Far Aid announces grants to help target poverty in FC
FAIRFIELD, CT - Targeting poverty and changing lives, Fairfield-based Near & Far Aid proudly announces $967,000 in grants to over one hundred agencies in Fairfield County during its fiscal year concluding August 31.www.norwalkplus.com
Fuel poverty scheme seeks expansion
A charity has urged the big six energy firms to stump up more cash for a fuel poverty scheme that was rolled out in a small part of Scotland for just two months.www.fifetoday.co.uk
Livestock Sector Development and Poverty Reduction
Rome - A new FAO publication says carefully tailored policy and institutional changes can help to unlock the livestock sector's poverty reduction potential. "Although an estimated 750 million poor have a major stake in the livestock sector, only a ...allafrica.com
Study links poverty, achievements
In a study of the link between poverty and education levels, the Southern Regional Education Board researched the numbers for each state and adhered to the federal definition of poverty, which is an annual income of $22,050 for a family of four. The 16 ...www.decaturdaily.com
The resurgence of poverty
Heera Gujar was not born in poverty. Twenty-five years ago, Heera and his family were among the more prosperous households of his village.www.livemint.com
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