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The real poverty rate By Salvatore Bobanes The Census Bureau recently released a highly-anticipated report suggesting ways to improve the measurement of poverty in America. It found that adjusting for medical expenses, the value of benefits payments, regional differences in ...

Family of four needs $63000 to make it in the state, more in SD : It is more specific than the federal poverty rate, experts say, because it takes into consideration real costs based on geographic locations, such as San Diego, compared to the federal poverty rate which is the same across the country. ...

What Is the Real Risk from Terrorism in America ?  - For example, the poverty rate in 2010 was the highest in 17 years, and more Americans numerically were in poverty as of 2011 than for more than 50 ...

Why conservatism can best address the real problems surrounding income inequality   - Although the wealthiest Americans have seen substantial gains since the 2008 recession, the poverty rate remains two full percentage points above ...

What is the True Poverty Rate in America ?  - As one TalkPoverty Blog reader put it: “We need more people who are facing poverty in America to stand up and express themselves, to put a real ...

Russia and Stormy Daniels distract us from real problem of inequality - But we have to not lose our vision as to where we want to go as a country. We can talk about the disastrous role Russia has played in trying to undermine American democracy. That is enormously important. But we also have to talk about the fact that we have the highest rate of child poverty in any major ...