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Time to talk poverty : "That report, which compiled census data from 2000 to 2008, shows that the number of families living in poverty in Eden Prairie has increased since 2000, from 3.5 percent of families with children living in poverty to 6. 8 percent in poverty . ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA AFRICA | AMERICA

Poverty coalition to talk about tough times “Many people are about two pay cheques away from the poverty line. It's time to talk about this openly and reduce the stigma of poverty .” “Things are tougher than they've ever been. We're hoping to open a dialogue to put this problem on the radar and ...

Time Running Out in Ryan's Quest to Overhaul Welfare Programs - Here was a conservative eager to go to America's bleakest communities and talk about how free enterprise would lift people out of poverty ,” Ryan ...

Catholic leaders urge Gingrich and Santorum to leave racist talk behind “At a time when nearly 1 in 6 Americans live in poverty , charities and the free market alone can't address the urgent needs of our most vulnerable neighbors. And while jobseekers outnumber job openings 4-to-1, suggesting that the unemployed would ...

Gay Marriage, Abortion Aren't Problems. Child Homelessness, Poverty Are. And so, the time has come to say this: Don't talk to me about the “evils” of what conservatives call “gay marriage,” or the “evils” of abortion, until you have solved the problems of child homelessness, child hunger, child poverty , education, and jobs. ...