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Poverty Rate On Rise : "MILWAUKEE -- There are some alarming numbers about poverty in Wisconsin, according to a new report. The University of Wisconsin-Extension compiled data that ...

Child poverty on the rise : "By Jenn McGarrigle - Nanaimo News Bulletin Nanaimo poverty advocates are not surprised that the BC child poverty rate is on the rise. The provincial child poverty rate rose to 12 per cent in 2009, from 10.4 per cent in 2008. The BC rate is also higher ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA AFRICA | English | Las Américas

Child poverty rate on the rise : "By Tracy Overstreet The number of Nebraska children growing up in poverty is at the highest it's been in the past decade. It rose from 10 percent in 2000 to 15.2 percent in 2009, according to US Census data in the latest Kids Count in Nebraska -- an ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA AFRICA | English | Las Américas

Poverty rates on rise, although relatively low in region By Mike Klein Mower County's poverty rate was 12.3 percent in 2010, according to 2010 local area poverty estimates released by the Census Bureau on Tuesday. That's a drop from 13.6 percent in 2009, but a sizable increase from 11.4 percent in 2007, ...

California Poverty Rates Rise, Median Income Falls In New Census Stats : California's poverty rate has ticked up since 2010 while its median income fell for the fifth year in a row. California's poverty rate rose from 16.3% in 2010 to 16.9% in 2011. That puts us on par with West Virginia, but we're still better than much of ... LAist

Oregon Children Living in Poverty on the Rise : But the bottom line is the recession is having a dire impact on the health of new parents, and in turn, the welfare of their children. Between 2000 and 2009, the US child poverty rate rose by 18 percent. Those who work with the impoverished say the new ... KEZI TV

Poverty on the rise : "According to the survey, Cherokee County has the third highest poverty rate in the state, with 26.8 percent of its population below the poverty line. ...

Food stamp usage, child poverty on the rise in N.J. 2 million children were living in poverty in California , and1.8 million children were considered poor living in Texas. New Hampshire's child poverty rate was lowest at 10 percent. New Jersey's food stamp usage was lower than in all but one state. ...

Food stamp usage, child poverty on the rise in N.J. BY BOB HOLT The national poverty rate is at 15.3 percent, the unemployment rate is around 9 percent, and people are continuing to feel the pinch in New Jersey. According to just released census figures, about one out of 15 state households received ...

Venezuela: Does an increase in poverty signal threat to government?  - But with oil prices plummeting and poverty on the rise, this core base of ... This compares with an average Latin American poverty rate of 28 percent.

"Poverty among Americans 65 and over is statistically unchanged" in recent ... The most recent census numbers show poverty is on the rise. Median household incomes have fallen to their lowest level since the 1990s, prompting analysts to say we are in the midst of a "lost decade." The news that the US poverty rate is now the ...

Poverty on the rise in southeastern Minnesota : "By Mike Klein The poverty rate has risen in all eight southeastern Minnesota counties in the past five years. However, all but one — Winona County at 16.4 ...

America's Affordable Housing Crisis Is Driving Its Homelessness Crisis - The rise in rates of homelessness illustrates the devastating reality obscured by economic growth and a drop in national poverty levels. In 2016, 13.5% of Americans were living in poverty –a rate on par with the pre-2008 recession levels. But it would be a mistake to look at the decline in poverty and ...

Kids Count Report : " CARTERVILLE - The number of children in early childhood education programs in southern Illinois is on the rise, and educators say that's a good thing because poverty rates are increasing too. The latest Kids Count report shows the child poverty rate in ... WSIL TV "

The economic downturn's new face of poverty The News Journal/Robert Craig Poverty is on the rise, according to the US Census Bureau, with 12.1 percent of Delawareans -- a little more than one in eight -- living below the poverty line. The state's unemployment rate has hovered above 8 percent ...

Thailand's poverty rate has been rising in recent years despite steady, if slow, overall economic growth, a new World Bank report says, widening the ... View article...

Number of poor young families on the rise : The report claimed that in Florida, children have been impacted greatly by the state's economic pitfalls. A press release explained that there has been “an eighteen percent increase in the US child poverty rate between 2000 and 2009. ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA | AFRICA | English | Las Américas

The corporate media ignores the rise of oligarchy. The rest of us shouldn't - The rapid rise of oligarchy and wealth and income inequality is the great moral, economic, and political issue of our time. Yet, it gets almost no coverage from the corporate media. How often do network newscasts report on the 40 million Americans living in poverty, or that we have the highest rate of ...

Homeless Students In Seminole County, Fla. Struggle For An Educaiton : "As more Americans fall from the middle class into poverty , the rate of homeless families is on the rise, going up nearly 9 percent in 2010. For the children of those families, the transition can be devastating. CBS's "60 Minutes" dedicated a recent ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA AFRICA | AMERICA