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Poverty in the United States

A tent is seen next to Echo Park Lake in Los Angeles, California, April 11, 2018.

America’s poor becoming more destitute under Trump, UN human rights investigator finds

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Poverty in the United States is extensive and is deepening under the Trump administration, whose policies seem aimed at removing the safety net from millions of poor, while rewarding the rich, a UN human rights investigator has found.

This is the first RAPIDO house, located in Brownsville, Texas.

A custom three-bedroom house for $69,000? Welcome to the new model for disaster relief.

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Members of a Right to Light campaign in Hidalgo County, Texas, where many of the colonias along the border lack street lights.

On the Texas border, they’re fighting for the right to have street lamps

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New Census Bureau proposes new poverty guidelines

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Americans struggle as poverty rises

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Child Poverty on the Rise in the United States

Nearly 15 million, or 21 percent, of children in the United States live in families with incomes below $22,350, the federal poverty threshold set by the U.S Census Bureau.   This number has been on the rise since 2001, when 16.9 percent of children living in the United States were reported to live in families with […]

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Cornel West and Tavis Smiley on ‘The Poverty Tour’

Business, Economics and Jobs

This week, PBS will air the first of five episodes of “The Poverty Tour.” Dr. Cornel West, professor at Princeton University, and Tavis Smiley, who also hosts his own show on PBS, talk about what they saw on The Poverty Tour.

Your Take: Does America Care About Its Poor?

New Census data reveals that poverty in America is at its worst level in three decades. We asked you, does America still care about its poor? We received many responses, including this one, from Seth in New Jersey: “The United States government does not care about its poor, and that’s because they don’t make campaign […]

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Why are poor people poor?

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Yesterday, we talked about poverty in America. Some Takeaway listeners shared their own views on poverty in America ? what perpetuates it, and how to get out of it.

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Bleak forecast for new US poverty rate

Business, Economics and Jobs

The Census Bureau will release its annual Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage report today. Louise Story, Wall Street and finance reporter for The New York Times, talks to us about the significance of this report.