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Fighting Warming Key to Anti-Poverty Goals
Driven by increased concerns and mounting evidence of the threats posed by global warming, some of the world's most eminent scientists are telling policymakers to get their act together before it is too... ...
Number of Americans in Extreme Poverty Has Grown 26% under Bush
http://www.commondreams.or g/headlines07/0227-02.htm ...
U.S. Severe Poverty Rate at Highest in Three Decades
By TONY PUGH The percentage of poor Americans who are living in severe poverty has reached a 32-year high as the gulf between the nation's "haves" and "have-nots" continues to widen. http://www.informationcl earinghouse.info/article17 186.htm ...
US Economy Leaving Record Numbers in Severe Poverty
http://www.commondreams.or g/headlines07/0223-09.htm ...
The Rising Prevalence of Severe Poverty in America
A Growing Threat to Public Health: From 2000 to 2004, the prevalence of severe poverty increased sharply while the proportion of Americans in higher income tiers diminished. http://www.ajpm-online.n et/article/PIIS07493797060 02339/fulltext From... ...
Causes of Poverty
Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names. Less than one per cent of what the world spent every year on weapons was needed to put every child into school... ...
Millions of Americans Living in Severe Poverty
The McClatchy analysis found that the number of severely poor Americans grew by 26 percent from 2000 to 2005. That's 56 percent faster than the overall poverty population grew in the same period. http://www.trutho ut.org/docs_2006/022307E.s html ...
One-third of Iraqis live in poverty
One-third of Iraqis live in poverty, according to a new study released under U.N. auspices Sunday, dire findings for a nation that enjoyed widespread prosperity less than three decades ago. http://snipurl.com/1 aqbt Mission... ...
How Wealth Creates Poverty in the World
http://www.commondreams.or g/views07/0216-30.htm In formant: binstock ...
Until the War Ends ...
Bob Herbert writes: "Senator Barack Obama, in his speech in Illinois Saturday formally launching his presidential bid, gave us an excellent reason for being serious: Ladies and gentlemen, there's a war... ...