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National Poverty Awareness Month: A sobering start for 2011

January marks the is National Poverty Awareness Month according to the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD). CCHD has produced a number...
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How low are Wal-Mart prices - really?

"I’m not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs repair, I’ll fix it.” ~ Mitt Romney,2/1...
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Scrooge GinGrinch in A Christmas Commode

Charles Dickens did a wonderful job in the 1800sexposing all sorts of ills in society.Perhaps the greatest author of the Victorianperiod, hetaught...
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KFC, Taco Bell wants food stamps to be used to buy fast food

Yum Brands, corporate owner of KFC, Pizza Hut, Long John Silver's and Taco Bell is lobbying at the federal level to allow food stamps to be...
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According to Census, U.S. poverty rises to 15.1 percent

  • poverty rises in United States
  • September 14, 2011
Tuesday, the Census Bureau reported that one in six people live in poverty now, and this ishaving a very adverse effect on children.The reportshows...
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2010 Census: Poverty and foreclosures rip America

One out of every eight homes in America is now vacant, due to foreclosures, and according to 2010 Census data, one in seven Americans are now...
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