Poverty

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July 28, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - In an interview with the New York Times, President Obama warned that racial tensions in America might…
July 23, 2013
NBC NEWS - Ohio’s Governor John Kasich made some attention-getting comments this week about poverty and poor neighborhoods...
July 23, 2013
NBC News-- And now there is new research, published this week, showing that when it comes to the chances that…
July 10, 2013
ANALYSIS - If he chooses, Booker could put poverty at the forefront of his Senate career, and potentially the Senate…
July 8, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - According to the U.S. Census, the median household income in Highland Park from 2007 to 2011 was…
June 9, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - A June 2013 study from The Williams Institute shows that partnered gays and lesbians make up the…
June 7, 2013
OPINIION - For many Americans any question about welfare and the economy is really a question about race..
June 7, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Over 25 percent of all black households lacking access to enough food to live a healthy lifestyle...
June 6, 2013
NBC NEWS - Two decades after President Bill Clinton promised to 'end welfare as we know it,' Americans blame government…
March 8, 2013
CAMDEN, N.J. -- Inscribed on the walls of City Hall are the words of Walt Whitman, the great American poet…
March 7, 2013
OPINION - A child’s zip code should never determine her destiny. But today, a child’s health, educational outcomes, and lifetime…
December 19, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A 21-year old senior at Syracuse University is in the giving and service spirit this Christmas season…
December 7, 2012
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Haitians have suffered widespread hunger following an unusually active storm season this year and are likely…
December 6, 2012
NBC NEWS - For cities and rural towns across the country, as well as nonprofits like Baltimore Reads, officials are…
November 25, 2012
OPINION - Coming out of this election, we should think about who we are as a nation and how to…
November 23, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Native Americans live in some of the most extreme cases of rural poverty in the world and…
November 14, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - The ranks of America's poor edged up last year to a high of 49.7 million, based on…
October 25, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - National Urban League president and CEO Marc H. Morial has called out GOP vice presidential nominee Rep.…
September 28, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Pressure is mounting in what has been an almost decade-long campaign for phone companies to lower the…
September 12, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Census Bureau says the number of Americans in poverty stood at 15 percent in 2011 as…