Poverty

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July 26, 2012

Is marriage worth it for black women? These women say, 'Yes!'

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July 12, 2012

Kids in housing projects twice as likely to become smokers

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July 6, 2012

Work as Avon reps helps South African women escape poverty

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June 21, 2012

Black students benefit more from a college degree than other races

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June 14, 2012

President Obama will present new Africa strategy

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May 31, 2012

The White House defends its anti-poverty agenda

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May 21, 2012

Bob Herbert: Obama, Romney both shy away from the plight of poor kids

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May 9, 2012

New funding increases the reach of community health centers

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May 9, 2012

Black America captured in photographs of 1970s 'Harlem, U.S.A' (SLIDESHOW)

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April 12, 2012

Report says economic recovery has barely reached African-Americans

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March 15, 2012

ART START changing the lives of homeless, at-risk youth

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March 9, 2012

Study: Blacks in poor areas endure more chronic pain, disability

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March 9, 2012

Impoverished black youth publishes novel 'Nameless'

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February 27, 2012

Black seniors twice as likely as whites to be in poverty

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February 10, 2012

Somalia under threat of a second famine

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February 3, 2012

Romney says he 'misspoke' when talking about poor

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January 20, 2012

Food stamp families to critics: Walk in our shoes

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January 19, 2012

Martin Luther King Jr streets on economic outskirts

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January 19, 2012

Newt Gingrich caught in race-baiting 'Catch-22'

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January 11, 2012

Rich vs. poor conflict at highest level in 25 years, Pew study says

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