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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. 
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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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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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A Baltimore program tries to help unmarried couples with children build more stable relationships

by Amy Scott
Dec 12, 2017
There's a marriage divide in the US that's leaving many working-class and poor kids "doubly disadvantaged," a researcher says.
Tanisha Asamu (left) and Robert Johnson pick up their kids after a relationship class at Baltimore's Center for Urban Families.
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Chicago's decaying water system is delivering disparate rates

by Kai Ryssdal and Shaheen Ainpour
Nov 9, 2017
Minority and lower-income residents are struggling to pay skyrocketing bills for a basic resource, says Patrick O'Connell of the Chicago Tribune.
“How far you are away from Lake Michigan doesn't always correspond with how much you pay for water,” says journalist Patrick O'Connell.
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Muhammad Yunus: Wealth concentration "is a ticking time bomb"

by David Brancaccio
Sep 26, 2017
"Human beings are not born to work for somebody else. Human beings are basically entrepreneurs," economist Muhammad Yunus told us.
A person holds a 99 Percent button at the Occupy Wall Street protest September 17, 2012 on the one year anniversary of the movement in New York.
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Almost half of American households are unable to save for emergencies

by David Brancaccio
Jul 25, 2017
And many don't have enough to cover basic needs for three months.
A mother and her child at the West Side Campaign Against Hunger food bank in New York City. 
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Oxfam reports that the assets of more than 3 billion don’t equal those of eight rich men

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jan 17, 2017
The global income an equality gap could fill an ocean.
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New report examines country's racial wealth divide

by David Brancaccio
Aug 9, 2016
It will take black families 228 years to amass the wealth that white families have today, according to the study's findings.
 A homeless mother holds her daughter while at the Atlantic City Rescue Mission in New Jersey.
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