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Child poverty

trays of printed social security checks from the US Treasury

A proposal to wipe out childhood poverty in the US

Economics

A Social Security benefit for the nation’s neediest kids would virtually eradicate poverty for children, says one leading economist.

Child Poverty on the Rise in the United States

The World

New report shows huge increase in child poverty

Business, Economics and Jobs
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Fastest climbing US child poverty rates are in Colorado

Conflict & Justice
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