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Mapping obesity and poverty in the United States  - Mapping obesity and poverty in the United States ... Obesity is an intersecting issue of both 'race' and poverty in America , with complex structural ...

The Continuing Problem of Child Poverty in the South | Juvenile ... : If you are a child in the United States living in poverty you probably live in the South. According to U.S. census data from 2009 (the last year data are available) the 10 states with the highest rates of child poverty were all in the South. ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA | AFRICA | English | Las Américas

The UN sent an envoy to investigate extreme poverty in the United States - There is a poor country hiding inside the world's richest nation. So thinks the United Nations (UN), which has sent an envoy led by New York University law and human rights professor Philip Alston, to investigate extreme poverty across the US . In a country that creates more money than any other, ...

Immigration Fueling Poverty in the U.S. Finds New Report by FAIR WASHINGTON, May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Forty-five years after Lyndon Johnson declared a "War on Poverty ," the United States maintains a policy of mass immigration that perpetuates and increases poverty in the United States, ...

POVERTY: In the United States : "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 ...

Perspective on poverty in the United States | The Aragon Outlook : "It does seem to me, being the wealthiest country in the world, shameful that we have people who don't have enough to eat in this country,” said history and psychology teacher Jim Smith. “You see the great abundance of our society, ...

Child Poverty in the United States - The U.S. relative child poverty rate is the worst of the G7 economies, at 20.2%, according to the OECD. 2. This rate is calculated as the share of a country's population under the age of 18 that lives on incomes that are less than half of the nation's “median post-transfer income” (i.e. including welfare ...

Children Living in Poverty in the United States Higher Than Recession  - A child that grows up in poverty has less opportunities than one who does not. The group reports that, "Nearly 15 million children in America lived ...

There are some pockets of poverty in the United States that are so deep they are hidden from sight  - One in 25 American families with children lives in poverty so deep it rivals that of Third World countries. But it's so far from the public consciousness or ...

The World Class Poverty in America's Booming Economy - Americans can expect to live shorter and sicker lives. U.S. inequality levels are far higher than those in most European countries. In terms of access to water and sanitation, the US ranks 36th in the world. The youth poverty rate in the United States is the highest across the OECD, with one-quarter of youth ...

Why the UN is investigating extreme poverty … in America , the world's richest nation -  “Despite great wealth in the US , there also exists great poverty and inequality ,” said Alston, who intends to focus on the effects of poverty on civil and political rights of Americans , “given the United States' consistent emphasis on the importance it attaches to these rights in its foreign policy”. Poverty ...

UN Expert Reveals Shocking Facts about Poverty in the US - More than one in every eight Americans , numbering 40 million, equal to 12.7 % of the population, are living in poverty , and almost half of those – 18.5 million – in abysmal poverty , according to a new report. Though the United States is one of the world's richest, most powerful and ...

Anti-Poverty Campaign Outlines Strategies to Cut Poverty in Half by 2021 : Starting the clock on the work of cutting poverty in the United States by half over the next ten years, the Half in Ten campaign today released a new report outlining measurements and strategies to help achieve that goal. "Restoring Shared Prosperity: ...

Will the United States' commitment to spend billions of dollars in Central America to end poverty ... - Will the United States' commitment to spend billions of dollars in Central America to end poverty , violence and drug-trafficking help curb illegal ...

The Suburban Mystique - In Suburban Slide, the Better Life Lab explores the changing face of poverty in the United States and how the symbol of American prosperity became the new place of poverty . In a six-part series, we explore what this means for Americans ' work-life conflicts and American identity in general. In Betty ...

45% Say Government Programs Increase Poverty in America : "The FINANCIAL -- At a time when most Americans believe there is more poverty in the United States, many question the effectiveness of government anti- poverty programs and believe they cause more of the problem they're supposed to lessen. ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA AFRICA | English | Las Américas

Poor, Homeless Students Living Out Of Cars As Childhood Poverty Climbs (VIDEO) More than 16 million children now live in poverty in the United States, the highest number since 1962. In all, 19.8 percent of school children were living in poverty in 2010, and childhood poverty rates increased significantly in one of every five US ...

More Families Feel Insecure. That's Because They Are. - In Suburban Slide, the Better Life Lab explores the changing face of poverty in the United States and how the symbol of American prosperity became the new place of poverty . In a six-part series, we explore what this means for Americans ' work-life conflicts and American identity in general. “My income ...

22% of Hispanics in the US reportedly living under the poverty line : "According to the Census Bureau, nearly 22 percent of all Hispanics living in the United States have been sustaining below the poverty line. ...

UN Special Rapporteur Says Tax Bill Will Make the US “World Champion of Extreme Inequality ” - As Congress prepares to vote on the controversial tax bill, the United Nations has issued a scathing report on poverty in the United States that found the Trump administration and Republicans are turning the U.S. into the “world champion of extreme inequality .” Philip Alston, the United Nations special .