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Poverty
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The GOP’s Effort to Demonize the Poor Is Costing Taxpayers, and More
Drug testing welfare recipients has done nothing except disprove decades of Republican talking points.
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Chronic Disease Linked to Poverty Affects Deaths Behind Bars
The most common cause of death while in pre trial detention facilities is not suicide but chronic disease linked to poverty.
Deprived of Right to Work, Refugees Struggle to Subsist Outside Syria
Barred from legal work, many Syrian refugees are forced to labor in the informal economy for little pay.
These Authors Spent Years Finding Out Why 1.5 Million US Families Live on $2 a Day
H. Luke Shaefer and Kathryn J. Edin followed the lives of the poorest families to find out what they need to break out of poverty.
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Fiscal Austerity May Jeopardize Brazil’s Poverty Alleviation Program
Brazil has succeeded in lifting 36 million people out of extreme poverty over the past 12 years.
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The Pope Says Greed Is Not Good
We cannot worship the almighty dollar if we want to make a more prosperous society for everyone.
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William Rivers Pitt | The Quiet Speech of a Hard Man
The pope champions the poor while his doctrine would force millions of women into poverty and servitude.
“A Critical Moment of History”: The Pope on Poverty, Immigration and Climate Change
Pope Francis heads to Capitol Hill today to become the first pope ever to address Congress.
New Goals at the UN Reflect Failure of Imagination for International Development
By ignoring history, the Sustainable Development Goals' creators have shown their inability to envision an alternative economic paradigm.
Fighting Stubborn Poverty Numbers
The US Census Bureau announced last week that the poverty rate in 2014 remained virtually unchanged from 2013.