'Moral Mondays' protests split on Bible's message to help poor

Chris Kardish, Associated Press

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Over the last two months, hundreds of protesters have walked out of North Carolina's capitol in handcuffs to show their opposition to policies by the GOP-controlled Legislature..

Why some whites think 'too much welfare' is a black thing

Dr. Jason Johnson

OPINIION - For many Americans any question about welfare and the economy is really a question about race..

Census: New gauge shows 49.7 million poor in US

Hope Yen, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - The ranks of America's poor edged up last year to a high of 49.7 million, based on a new census measure that takes into account medical costs and work-related expenses...

'The House I Live In' director says everyone loses in war on drugs

Ugonna Okpalaoka

theGRIO REPORT - Award-winning director Eugene Jarecki calls the 40-year-long War on Drugs a 'terrible American secret' and it's one he wants to expose to the public...

US poverty rate unchanged; record numbers persist

Hope Yen, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Census Bureau says the number of Americans in poverty stood at 15 percent in 2011 as the number of poor remained at record highs...

Poverty remains largely absent from 2012 campaign debate

Bob Herbert

OPINION - With the ranks of the poor surging and much of the nation hobbled economically, officeholders can barely find the courage to acknowledge that poverty even exists...

Poor kids seen, but not heard in 2012 race

Bob Herbert

OPINION - You won't hear about it in the presidential race. Barack Obama can barely bring himself to say the word 'poor.' And Mitt Romney was famously dismissive about even the deepest concentrations of poverty...

Study: Poor blacks endure more chronic pain, disability

News One

NEWS ONE - A recent study from the University of Michigan found that people in low income areas who are under age 50 experience more chronic pain than those who reside in more affluent neighborhoods...

Black seniors twice as likely as whites to be in poverty

theGrio

Some 19.4 percent of black and 19.0 percent of Latino seniors have incomes below the federal poverty line, compared to 9.4 percent for the senior population overall...

Gingrich: The poor 'need a trampoline'

theGrio

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Gingrich said both Romney and Democratic President Barack Obama think poverty can be solved with a safety net...

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'Moral Mondays' protests split on Bible's message to help poor

Why some whites think 'too much welfare' is a black thing

Census: New gauge shows 49.7 million poor in US

'The House I Live In' director says everyone loses in war on drugs

US poverty rate unchanged; record numbers persist

Poverty remains largely absent from 2012 campaign debate

Poor kids seen, but not heard in 2012 race

Study: Poor blacks endure more chronic pain, disability

Black seniors twice as likely as whites to be in poverty

Gingrich: The poor 'need a trampoline'

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