More grist for campaigns: Poverty in America rises
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Last year, more Americans lived in poverty, more children were poor, and more people lacked health insurance than in 2002. That message, reported by the US Census Bureau yesterday, was expected, but the increases
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At former President Bill ClintonÂs conference on global challenges, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton called for a concerted attack on the Âfeminization of povertyÂ
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With exactly a week until the American presidential election, the number of states that are considered marginal appears to be growing.
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An extra 1.3 million Americans slid into poverty in 2003 while health care cover also fell, official figures show.
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For organizers of last weekÃ¢ÂÂs forum in Washington on religion and politics, featuring the three leading Democratic presidential candidates, the aim was to broaden the religious Ã¢ÂÂvalues agenda.Ã¢ÂÂ In particular, it was part of an effort by left-leaning evangelical activist Jim Wallis to focus attention on the moral dimensions of poverty.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 7 -- Despite an intensified campaign against poverty, World Bank programs have failed to lift incomes in many poor countries over the past decade, leaving tens of millions of people suffering stagnating and even declining living standards, according to a report released Thursday by...
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Some 1.3 million Americans slid into  poverty in 2003 as the ranks of the poor swelled to 35.9  million, with children and blacks worse off than most, the U.S.  government said on Thursday in a report sure to fuel Democratic  criticism of President Bush.
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The number of Americans without health insurance and in poverty rose for a third straight year in 2003, the US Census Bureau reported Thursday.
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Poverty can be quite educational. When you've got only so much money to spend, you'll think carefully about the goods you're buying.
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Bloomberg - June 29 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential hopefuls last night called for higher taxes on wealthy Americans and more federal spending on education, health care and programs to alleviate poverty.
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One in three children in the District continues to live in poverty, and there has been a slight increase in the city's overall poverty rate, according to the D.C. Kids Count Collaborative, whose leaders warned of tragic consequences unless parents get help in coping with stress.
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We're about 40 days away from November's critically important midterm elections, and the campaign volume is rising.
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The Tories will put tackling poverty at the heart of their next election campaign, the BBC learns.
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The number of Americans living without insurance jumped 1.4 million last year, the government said in a report on Thursday. With poverty rising in 2003, are you better off financially than you were a year ago?
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The number of Americans who can't find employment creeps higher.
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Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards called on supporters packed into a charity thrift store Monday to help start a citizens' movement to fight poverty across America.
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The inability of John Edwards to gain  traction in his bid for the U.S. Democratic presidential  nomination indicates that fighting poverty in America has  limited appeal for voters.