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On Poverty, Policy, and Real People
When the latest report was released last September, the poverty rate in the U.S. stood at 13.2 percent, the highest rate in 11 years. Given the recession, the increase shouldn’t surprise us, and we’ll probably see higher numbers when the … Continue reading
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