Poverty

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January 21, 2011
OPINION - We cannot afford a fiscal policy that sacrifices the resources vital to the survival of low-income people and…
January 18, 2011
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - More than half of Camden's 80,000 residents, mostly black and Hispanic, live in poverty...
January 5, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - At the same time, government aid programs such as tax credits and food stamps kept many people…
November 18, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - The problems urban areas already face, like pollution, over-development, and inadequate infrastructure, could exacerbate climate change's effects...
November 17, 2010
CROIX-DES-BOUQUETS, Haiti (AP) - The rapidly spreading disease is even infecting the presidential campaign, with candidates trying both to protect…
November 3, 2010
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina state Rep. Tim Scott, elected this week as one of the nation's first black…
October 25, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - If efforts to keep cholera out of the camps fail, "The worst case would be that…
October 14, 2010
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - The young men and women arrived in a chartered jet late Wednesday and were given T-shirts…
September 14, 2010
OPINON - President Obama must dig in hard on this one. The breaks must go, and the reasons why aren't…
September 13, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The anticipated poverty rate increase from 13.2 percent to about 15 percent -- would be another blow…
September 6, 2010
theGRIO VIDEO - A group of seniors is learning to create their own diet plan from the ground up...
September 2, 2010
OPINION - I would rather see the NAACP's wisdom and energy spent focusing on policing "us" and our own community...
August 26, 2010
OPINION - His candidacy was galvanizing the 20-something generation and many others living in the urban slums where their future…
August 20, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Sarodj Bertin is a young lawyer who speaks four languages and is happy to be able…
August 19, 2010
OPINION - They can agree to increase funding for an ill advised war in Afghanistan but vote to cut funding…
July 19, 2010
ATLANTA (AP) - Poverty is perhaps the most important factor in whether inner-city heterosexuals are infected with the AIDS virus,…
July 12, 2010
CORAIL-CESSELESSE, Haiti (AP) - Already weak before the quake and still hobbled by its aftermath, the effort to rebuild Haiti…
June 21, 2010
OPINION - Regular exercise, portion-control and healthy eating habits are not routinely ingrained into the structure of African-American families...
May 27, 2010
AP - According to a new report students at high poverty schools are more likely to be minorities...
May 9, 2010
OPINION - Let's honor these mothers with fresh thinking, innovative models and policy decisions that will actually change the trajectory…