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Free lunches becoming more common
Jan 4, 2012
School-subsidized lunch programs report staggering numbers of students in need of help.
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Cash-strapped Christmas
Dec 15, 2011
Unemployment and foreclosures have forced many more households to cut budgets to the bone this year. How some families are coping with the holidays now that they're no longer middle class.
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Income Inequality: Do you level the playing field?
Dec 7, 2011
There is growing disparity between the "haves" and the "have nots," but most Americans say they don't think the government should focus on closing the gap
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Poverty numbers among elderly rise
Nov 17, 2011
Higher health care costs could be what's pushing more of the elderly into poverty.
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New Numbers Find 49 Million in Poverty
Nov 7, 2011
The number of people under the official poverty line in the United States is higher than it has been in 50 years: more than 46 million people, more...
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New measure shows more people in poverty
Nov 7, 2011
The number of poor children drops under unofficial poverty measure that counts benefits such as food stamps and costs such as childcare.
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What's Behind the New Measure of Poverty?
Oct 31, 2011
There's a certain necessary arbitrariness in a lot of economic measurements. Somebody's got to decide how much inflation is good and how much is...
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