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Defining poverty
Wed, 03/10/2010 - 01:00
The Obama administration is devising a new formula to describe pove ...

How much will safe teen sex really cost us? Teenage pregnancy is up again. ...

Minorities shun banks, a costly choice If you think your bank is cheating on you, consider the alternatives. ...

Black Middle Class at Risk High unemployment, partly due to the loss in manufacturing jobs, threatens the economic progress Black families have made in reaching the middle class, MSNBC reports. Service sector and manufacturing jobs provided decent salaries, health insurance and retirement plans for many workers, giving them the opportunity to buy homes and send their children to college. But layoffs and reduced hours put thos ...

The ONE campaign fights poverty
Mon, 11/30/2009 - 15:48
Heroes, Gossip Girls and Twilight actors lend their star power to f ...

Empty stomachs cause political instability Mid-term disillusionment? Financial stress breeds political instability. ...

Report: Unsafe Abortions Kill 70,000 A Year A report by the U.S.-based Guttmacher Institute shows that unsafe abortions kill 70,000 women each year and seriously harm or maim millions more. Almost 20 million unsafe abortions, mostly in poorer countries and often carried out by the women themselv ...

John Legend's campaign to end world poverty
Mon, 10/05/2009 - 15:38
Grammy Award winner John Legend shares the source of his inspiratio ...

Is California A Failed State? Pakistan, Somalia, California? The Guardian's Paul Harris asks whether the Golden State is about to become America's first failed state. The numbers might seem to back him up: California's government is writing IOUs instead of cutting checks, unemploymet is at 12 percent, and billions have been slashed from the state's budget. In Los Angeles, 20 percent of the population lives in poverty. At a recent event that offered free health care, 1,500 appointments had been snapped up by 4 a.m. ...

In L.A.’s war on poverty, Blacks are the enemy The city of Los Angeles and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa are waging a war against poor Black folks all in the name of the almighty green. In order for downtown gentrification to work, the city must displace 15,000 of its most vulnerable residents. ...