Poverty Video and Articles

Google Marks Charles Dickens' Birthday

07 Feb 2012

…Great Expectations" and "Oliver Twist." Much of it, The Washington Post reported, is shaped by his own experiences with poverty. "David Copperfield" is considered to be the most autobiographical. He also was a crusader who worked to champion the problems… ...

Gingrich Seeks Nevadans' Votes, Prayers

04 Feb 2012

…after all, they have a safety net," Gingrich said. "It's not a safety net, it's a spider web. It traps them in poverty. It keeps them at the bottom. It deprives them of independence. One of the reasons I'm running is because I want to replace… ...

Romney heads into Nevada with…

03 Feb 2012

…wish I wouldn't have said it that way," he said. "I want to help middle income Americans. I want to get people out of poverty, into the middle income category. But of course, I'm concerned and worried about all Americans." Romney currently leads… ...

Racial politics and the 2012 election

01 Feb 2012

…fragmented and combative that the point I was trying to make was obscured by pro-wrestling theatrics and post-debate spin. Poverty, unemployment and the hopelessness that pervade minority communities are real issues that the GOP nominee, and President Obama… ...

Romney Splits With GOP on Min. Wage

01 Feb 2012

…Mandatory wage increases not only hurt small businesses, but their employees as well ... It has not been proven to reduce poverty or narrow the income gap and puts a stranglehold on America's top job creators: small businesses." Aides to House Speaker… ...

How the GOP can snatch defeat…

28 Jan 2012

…legal immigrants by not letting illegal ones jump in front of them for residence and scarce jobs, and push down their wages to poverty levels by flooding the market with cheap foreign labor. Oppose such a candidate on grounds that he is “not conservative… ...

Economic Fairness? It Doesn't…

26 Jan 2012

…about the United States is that as the country grew the ladder of opportunity became available to everyone. As a result, poverty has been vastly diminished. Even more important, it is no longer a permanent condition from which there is no real possibility… ...

Questions over new hire in Lawrence

26 Jan 2012

…seven years working as a secretary for the Bair Middle School in Sunrise. Marisabel Melendez will lead the region's anti-poverty agency, but according to the Eagle Tribune, her duties at her last position mostly involved answering phones and filing… ...

Republicans Attack Obama's Record

25 Jan 2012

…responded vigorously to President Barack Obama's State of the Union Tuesday address night, led by Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels -- who said the administration's "pro-poverty policy" decisions are preventing the US from moving forward. ...

Gov. unveils $32.3B spending plan

25 Jan 2012

…said Patrick's budget will include nearly $10 million to help close persistent achievement gaps among children living in poverty, minority students, students with disabilities and students who are still learning English. The money is targeted at so… ...

Obama: 'Mission at hand' is to…

25 Jan 2012

…thousands, or jacks up consumer utility bills for no improvement in either human health or world temperature, is a pro-poverty policy," Daniels said. "We do not accept that ours will ever be a nation of haves and have nots; we must always be a nation… ...

Obama delivers State of the Union

25 Jan 2012

…thousands, or jacks up consumer utility bills for no improvement in either human health or world temperature, is a pro-poverty policy," Daniels said. "We do not accept that ours will ever be a nation of haves and have-nots; we must always be a… ...

TRANSCRIPT: GOP Rebuttal to…

24 Jan 2012

…thousands, or jacks up consumer utility bills for no improvement in either human health or world temperature, is a pro-poverty policy. It must be replaced by a passionate pro-growth approach that breaks all ties and calls all close ones in favor of… ...

TRANSCRIPT: Obama's 2012 State…

24 Jan 2012

…good teacher can increase the lifetime income of a classroom by over $250,000. A great teacher can offer an escape from poverty to the child who dreams beyond his circumstance. Every person in this chamber can point to a teacher who changed the trajectory… ...

Daniels To Slam Obama's 'Extremism'

24 Jan 2012

The Obama administration's "extremism" is behind "pro-poverty policy" decisions that are preventing the US from moving forward, according to excerpts from the Republican Party's response to the president's State of the Union address Tuesday night. ...

Keystone and the U.S. -- Why…

20 Jan 2012

…security. But the President prefers the politics of energy poverty and has sided with environmentalist radicals over hardworking Americans…
…would prefer to push the U.S. down the road toward energy poverty instead of allowing it to share in the bounty of North America… ...

Sean Penn says Haiti relief…

18 Jan 2012

…s determined to keep Haitians in the forefront of our minds. “Haiti was a country that not only suffered from enormous poverty, and then had this devastating earthquake, but also the earthquake happened at a moment where there was going to be a shift… ...

PM: Violence Could Destabilize Romania

16 Jan 2012

…gathered in freezing temperatures for a fifth day of demonstrations chanted "Freedom!" and held banners saying "Hunger and poverty have gripped Romania!" They waved flags with the center ripped out, a symbol of the 1989 uprising against former Communist… ...