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January 17, 2012
Blogging the Beltway: Candidates talk black poverty, voting rights and the "food stamp president."
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September 15, 2011
Journal-isms: The Wall Street Journal refuses to change a story describing American Airlines flight attendant Betty Ong as hysterical.
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by Edward Wyckoff Williams onAugust 13, 2011
GOP throws working families under the bus with austerity measures to tackle the nation's debt.
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by Yves Savain onJanuary 12, 2011
A revolt of young Haitian intellectuals 65 years ago inadvertently opened the door for a black nationalist ideology that continues to dominate -- and hold back -- Haiti.
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by The Buzz onJanuary 5, 2011
New calculations say that poverty in America could be as few as 39 million or as many as 53 million people.
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September 16, 2010
Hot on the heels of just-released statistics about America's staggering poverty problem, President Obama released a tepid statement attempting to hype health-care reform and his infrastructure plan.
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July 19, 2010
A new CDC study exploring the link between AIDS and poverty is proving to be controversial for its suggestion that income is more important than race when determining a person’s chance of infection.
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June 16, 2010
Public housing is in danger of extinction at a time when it is most needed.
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by Andrew J. Skerritt onJune 10, 2010
A first-time visitor reacts to the harsh realities of life for the majority in South Africa.
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June 2, 2010
Over on Think Progress, Jamelle Bouie explores the link between poverty and obesity and says the problem goes beyond access to healthy food.
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