One in four children living in poverty in UK
The 'Greater Expectations' report, seen by the Guardian, highlighted that in some ways the childhood poverty is now even worse than it used to be nearly fifty years ago.
http://is.gd/LqO29f
One in five USA kids face hunger
Feeding America says of the 37 million people the charity serves, nearly 14 million are children which means the physical and mental development of these kids is under threat...
http://www.xperedon.com/news_2384
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We Spend More Than $50 Billion a Year on Pets, but Aid to the Poor Keeps Getting Cut
Mark Karlin, Truthout: While discussion of poverty has been nil since President Reagan railed that the poor were responsible for their own plight, new signs of concern and fresh thinking have emerged, according to author Sasha Abramsky, who offers possible solutions in The American Way of Poverty: How the Other Half Still Lives.
http://truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/18637-americans-spend-more-than-$50-billion-dollars-annually-on-pets-but-aid-to-the-poor-keeps-getting-cut
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=poverty
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=poor
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Mark+Karlin
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http://is.gd/LqO29f
One in five USA kids face hunger
Feeding America says of the 37 million people the charity serves, nearly 14 million are children which means the physical and mental development of these kids is under threat...
http://www.xperedon.com/news_2384
From Information Clearing House
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We Spend More Than $50 Billion a Year on Pets, but Aid to the Poor Keeps Getting Cut
Mark Karlin, Truthout: While discussion of poverty has been nil since President Reagan railed that the poor were responsible for their own plight, new signs of concern and fresh thinking have emerged, according to author Sasha Abramsky, who offers possible solutions in The American Way of Poverty: How the Other Half Still Lives.
http://truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/18637-americans-spend-more-than-$50-billion-dollars-annually-on-pets-but-aid-to-the-poor-keeps-getting-cut
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=poverty
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=poor
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Mark+Karlin
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Starmail - 26. Aug, 09:12
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