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Moving from very poor neighborhoods improves health

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Mary Harris
Sep 20, 2012
Researchers have found that while moving out of poorer neighborhoods improves a person's health and general happiness, moving to a better-off region did not improve families' income.
Posted In: health care, poverty, neighborhoods, urban planning
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Leading the change at Oyler School

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Amy Scott
Sep 13, 2012
School principal Craig Hockenberry fights poverty with community at a different kind of school in Cincinnati.
Posted In: Education, Oyler School
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Long-term unemployed face changing workplace

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Krissy Clark
Sep 12, 2012
Being out of work for a long time is tough. Going back to work after a long absence can be almost as challenging to catch up in today's fast-changing work environment.
Posted In: Jobs, Unemployment
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Who is the middle class?

Interview with
Krissy Clark
Sep 7, 2012
Both President Obama and Mitt Romney spoke about the middle class in their nomination speeches. But are they speaking about the same middle class?
Posted In: middle class
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'Detropia' sees Detroit as a reflection of the U.S.

Interview by
Kai Ryssdal
Sep 4, 2012
The new film "Detropia" chronicles the problems going on in the city and how the rest of the America can take a lesson from the problems Detroit is having.
Posted In: Detroit, documentary
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Payday: Exploring compensation and pay in America

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David Brancaccio
Aug 31, 2012
A special podcast that looks at what exactly goes into the numbers of your paycheck.
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A tough decade for the middle class

by
Shereen Marisol Meraji
Aug 22, 2012
Pew Research Center says middle class family income and wealth have shrunk.
Posted In: economic mobility, middle class
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In Oregon, health reform is welcome

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Mitchell Hartman
Aug 8, 2012
Oregon will take federal money to expand Medicaid, and try to cut costs too.
Posted In: Oregon, medicaid, health care reform law
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Are paper billionaires real billionaires?

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Shereen Marisol Meraji
Aug 6, 2012
Facebook's falling stock price has knocked the company's founder, Mark Zuckerberg, off the top 10 tech billionaires list. But he's still worth a lot.
Posted In: billionaires, Mark Zuckerberg
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New Orleans' other 'million dollar neighborhood'

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Shereen Marisol Meraji
Jul 25, 2012
High rates of imprisonment are a cause -- and effect -- of poverty.
Posted In: African American, unemployement

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