Poverty

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January 11, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A new study shows that the conflicts between the rich and poor in this country have risen…
January 6, 2012
OPINION - Racial drama from the presidential campaign seems never ending. At the center is government benefits programs. Rick Santorum…
January 2, 2012
CLUTCH - On the first day of the New Year, Indiana will receive its first ever African-American woman mayor. Karen…
December 23, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The decision to not allow teenagers to obtain Plan B without a prescription could continue to feed…
December 21, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - How do cash-strapped African-American parents tell their child that these difficult economic times made it hard for…
December 16, 2011
NEWSONE - What Gene Marks' column and his legion of detractors failed to touch on is that overcoming poverty is…
December 15, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Squeezed by rising living costs, a record number of Americans -- nearly 1 in 2 -- have…
December 14, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The Child Trends Data Bank determined "Black children are disproportionately represented among homeless families. Approximately, 47 percent…
December 14, 2011
OPINION - Gene Marks of Forbes wrote a column entitled "If I Wear a Poor Black Kid" (which has been…
December 6, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - In Fresno, CA, as we all prepare to enjoy Christmas, a homeless man fights bulldozers to maintain…
December 5, 2011
TheGRIO REPORT - At a press conference with reality TV show host Donald Trump, Gingrich suggested Trump create a new…
December 5, 2011
OPINION - As we approach the Christmas holidays, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich appears to be taking his political cues…
December 2, 2011
OPINION - The former Speaker proposes that in poor neighborhoods, the 'schools ought to get rid of the unionized janitors,…
November 15, 2011
Chicago Tribune - News of this growing deficit was surprising to researchers considering the strides African-American students had made nationally…
November 9, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Georgia ranks low among states on several health indicators, including childhood obesity, infant mortality, childhood obesity, infectious…
November 9, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Pro-choice advocates say the passage of the personhood amendment would have disproportionately negative implications for black women...
November 8, 2011
LEOGANE, Haiti (AP) - Haiti hasn't seen many homes built for the poor following a devastating earthquake almost two years…
October 28, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Prosperity gospel is not a new concept, contrary to popular belief. The prosperity gospel movement dates as…
October 27, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - U.S census numbers have given the city a new label that's nothing to be proud of, but…
October 4, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The hot pink puppet with a purple nose and turquoise eyelids will make her debut in a…