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Sat, 2011-11-05 18:23 — mdmcdonald
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Extreme Poverty Up 50% Since 2000

Mon, 2012-06-25 17:56 — Corey Watts

                                                         Homeless mother and child. (photo: unknown)

http://readersupportednews.org - by Evan Soltas - June 25, 2012

For the purpose of our analysis here, an individual as "extremely poor" if he or she resides in a family unit whose income is less than half of the federal poverty threshold. To give you a sense of what that means, the awful extremity of extreme poverty: a single person under 65 must have made less than $5,851, and a family of four must have made less than $11,509. (In my opinion, it is likely that for the majority of the extreme poor, taxable income is zero.)

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Tropical Diseases Surfacing More in Texas - Texas and Mexico: Sharing a Legacy of Poverty and Neglected Tropical Diseases

Sat, 2012-04-28 11:21 — Kathy Gilbeaux

chron.com - by Todd Ackerman - April 27, 2012

Houston scientists have launched an attack against little-known tropical diseases, scourges of the developing world, increasingly showing up in poor areas of Texas.

The diseases, spread by all manner of blood-sucking insects, cyst-forming tapeworms and tissue-invading bacteria and viruses, typically don't kill, but they cause chronic disabilities that trap sufferers in lasting poverty.

"They may have been here all along, but now that we're looking we're seeing these diseases more and more," says Dr. Peter Hotez, a Baylor College of Medicine infectious disease professor leading the effort. "They have a huge impact - heart disease, epilepsy, mental retardation – even though they fly beneath most everyone's radar."

US RS Working Group Notification Test - 1

Wed, 2012-02-15 15:05 — Kathy Gilbeaux

This is a test of the working group notification feature.

Report: Child Homelessness Up 33% in 3 Years

Tue, 2011-12-13 09:33 — Kathy Gilbeaux

by Marisol Bello - USA Today

One in 45 children in the USA — 1.6 million children — were living on the street, in homeless shelters or motels, or doubled up with other families last year, according to the National Center on Family Homelessness.

The numbers represent a 33% increase from 2007, when there were 1.2 million homeless children, according to a report the center is releasing Tuesday.

"This is an absurdly high number," says Ellen Bassuk, president of the center. "What we have new in 2010 is the effects of a man-made disaster caused by the economic recession. … We are seeing extreme budget cuts, foreclosures and a lack of affordable housing."

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America's Youngest Outcasts 2010 (124 page .PDF file)

http://www.homelesschildrenamerica.org/media/NCFH_AmericaOutcast2010_web.pdf

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Video - Poverty Spilling Into American Suburbs

Sat, 2011-11-05 21:16 — Kathy Gilbeaux

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7387087n&tag=mncol;lst;1

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Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010

Sat, 2011-11-05 20:56 — Kathy Gilbeaux

 

U.S. Census Bureau - Income

Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010    (95 page .PDF file)

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Poorest Poor in US Hits New Record: 1 in 15 People

Sat, 2011-11-05 18:59 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Tom McGinn

       

FILE - In a Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010 file photo, a man who did not wish to be identified, who lost his job two months ago after being hurt on the job, works to collect money for his family on a Miami street corner.  Associated Press

by Hope Yen and Laura Wides-Munoz - Associated Press / yahoo.com - November 4, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) — The ranks of America's poorest poor have climbed to a record high — 1 in 15 people — spread widely across metropolitan areas as the housing bust pushed many inner-city poor into suburbs and other outlying places and shriveled jobs and income.

New census data paint a stark portrait of the nation's haves and have-nots at a time when unemployment remains persistently high. It comes a week before the government releases first-ever economic data that will show more Hispanics, elderly and working-age poor have fallen into poverty.

In all, the numbers underscore the breadth and scope by which the downturn has reached further into mainstream America.

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