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The United States of Poverty : "The “60 Minutes” reporter opened the piece with this sobering statistic: One in four children in America are now living below the poverty line. That's a number that should have everyone in this country outraged and raring to do something about it. ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA AFRICA | AMERICA

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 ...

Laws on poverty outweigh deeds of good samaritans : "Regardless of the constitutional legality of the city's ordinance, the importance of this incident lies in reminding the people of this country of the continual scourge of poverty . Since the 1950s, the United States has enjoyed a relatively low poverty ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA AFRICA | English | Las Américas

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mississippi Poverty and the Utter Failure of the American Dream  - That is the number of children living in poverty in Mississippi, which is one of the United States of America and, therefore, one-fiftieth of the most ...

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 ...

Enough of poverty  - The huge sum poured directly by the United States of America administration under the Marshall aid programme caused the role of the bank-fund ...

California has highest poverty rate of any U.S. state Washington - According to new measure of poverty, figures released by the United States Census Bureau show that California's poverty rate is 23.5%, the highest of any state. The District of Columbia's poverty rate was almost as high at 23.2%. Florida ...

Nigeria Risks Becoming World's Capital Of Poverty In 30 Years' - The Emir who disclosed that he was in New York, United States of America recently for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), said one of the ...

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

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 .

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, ...

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 ...

Uncovering the real cause of poverty  - According to Forbes, this is where the United States ranks in terms of wealth. Throughout America , 22 percent of all children live in poverty .

America's Richest States  - The United States added more than 2.3 million jobs in 2013, the most in any year since 2005. Despite this, income levels and poverty rates did not improve in most of the United States last year, according to recently released figures from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.

How America Criminalizes Impoverished People of Color - On the heels of Trump signing a welfare reform executive order that critics say will do nothing to help the plight of the nation's working poor , a new article from The New Republic explores the ways the United States criminalizes people caught in the net of poverty . Published yesterday ...

Local grants given to seven programs to fight poverty : "The Archdiocese of Portland's Catholic Campaign for Human Development has announced local grants for seven programs that aim to fight the root causes of poverty . The CCHD, founded in 1970 by the Catholic Bishops of the United States, aims to empower ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA AFRICA | English | Las Américas