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Indentured Servants in America
By BOB HERBERT NY Times Op-Ed A must-read for anyone who favors an expansion of guest worker programs in the U.S. is a stunning new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center that details the widespread... ...
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 ...
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... ...
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... ...
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... ...
On an Environmentally Collapsing, Poverty Racked Planet, the Disease that is Economic Growth
Earth Meanders, http://earthmean ders.blogspot.com/ By Dr. Glen Barry February 8, 2007 Environmental sustainability and abject poverty are the issues of our and all time, the resolution of which will... ...
Going for broke
The American Conservative by Andrew J. Bacevich 01/29/07 What can we say of this proposal? Simply this: to imagine that 170,000 troops will accomplish what 140,000 troops failed to do in nearly four... ...
Mayors Launch Effort to Fight Poverty
Governments should work with private enterprise to boost educational opportunities and the minimum wage to help millions of Americans who are stranded in poverty, US mayors said in a report released Thursday.... ...