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Legacy Topic: Wealth & Poverty

World Bank report finds that poverty, lack of education follows generations

by Amy Scott
May 10, 2018
It’s the dream of many parents that their children will grow up to have more prosperous lives than they did. A new report from the World Bank finds that’s not happening in much of the developing world, where upward mobility has stalled for the past 30 years.  Click the audio player above to hear the […]
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Low-wage workers are reviving Dr. King's 1968 Poor People's Campaign

by Renata Sago
May 8, 2018
Low-wage workers have jobs, but many still live in poverty. So thousands of them, along with clergy and activists, are working to try and change that.
Kentucky Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival.
Courtesy of Steve Pavey
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LA seeks permanent solution to homeless encampments

by Aaron Schrank
Apr 26, 2018
Los Angeles’ homeless population grew by more than 20 percent last year, and three-fourths of that population lives outdoors.
A woman passes a wheelchair-bound homeless man on Spring Street on May 1, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. 
David McNew/Getty Images
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A "last frontier" of fair housing?

by Amy Scott
Apr 11, 2018
In most places, it's legal to deny a tenant based on source of income.
Antonia Fasanelli, left, of the Homeless Persons Representation Project, with her client Jill Williams.
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Why 1 in 3 families has trouble affording diapers

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 10, 2018
Diapers are higher tech than ever before, but many families cant afford them.
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Los Angeles struggles to house homeless amid Section 8 shortage

by Aaron Schrank
Mar 27, 2018
The U.S. homeless population ticked up last year for the first time since 2010, led by a 26 percent percent surge in Los Angeles.
Trash lies beside the Skid Row City Limit mural as the city begins its annual homeless count in Los Angeles, California on Jan. 26, 2018.
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Food assistance doesn't go far enough for most poor households

by Erika Beras
Feb 22, 2018
Four out of 10 households are unable to provide nutritious meals despite receiving maximum SNAP benefits, according to a new study from the Urban Institute.
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When grocery stores close, this legal phrase can prevent new ones from opening

by Peter Balonon-Rosen
Jan 12, 2018
When grocery stores close, critics say restrictive covenants — clauses in grocery store leases that says a landlord can't rent the space to another grocer — can lead to food deserts.
Restrictive covenants are clauses in a grocery store's lease that says a landlord can't rent the space to another grocer.
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How federal policy from the 1930s continues to harm Philadelphia and other cities

by David Brancaccio
Jan 11, 2018
Real estate appraisers would negatively evaluate areas if people of color lived there.
A man walks into a heroin encampment in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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It's a long wait for Section 8 housing in U.S. cities

by Aaron Schrank
Jan 3, 2018
In Los Angeles, it can take 10 years to get a voucher — if you're lucky.
In Los Angeles, 188,000 people applied for 20,000 spots in the housing voucher waiting line.
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